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" I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days. "

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" The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece. "

" Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways. "

" I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren. "

" I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart. "

" When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful. "

" Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving. "

" Dance should not just divide people into audience and performers. Everyone should be a participant, whether going to classes or attending special events or rehearsals. "

" I realize that dancers have worked long and hard for standards. However, on occasion, I think that it's good to examine one's heart and ask why are we dancing. "

" I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys. "

" It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. "

" What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about. "

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" A dancer's life is all about repetition. "

" I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do. "

" I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass. "

" Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me. "

" After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to establish routines for themselves. "

" I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities. "

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" If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph. "

" I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this professional garbage going on about how much can you get for this or that or the other, or any of the kinds of things that insecurity can sometimes promote. Sometimes it's for the wrong reasons.' "

" Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. "

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" I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody. "

" It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that you can bring the curtain in and then opening the show a second time is a little bizarre as a tradition. I've always preferred to go straight through. "