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" I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work. "

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" People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking. You are an expert.' "

" Walt Disney was a master of the human psychology. His sense of timing, sense of speed. In a sense, those cartoons are like Rorschach tests. "

" 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. "

" I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place. "

" It's very important to work myself physically as hard as I can. "

" I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree. "

" I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. "

" In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry. "

" Kids should be encouraged to compete. "

" My dancers expect me to deliver because my choreography represents their livelihood. "

" 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 see dance as glue for a community. "

" 'The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people. "

" I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style. "

" Dance is just like film in that it allows for thoughts in movement. "

" With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances. "

" This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age. "

" There are very few critics who have historical context or authority. "

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

" Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The formal education that I received made little sense to me. "

" My favorite audience is everybody. I worked in a drive-in theater from the time I was 8 years old until I went to college, and I'm accustomed to everybody can buy a ticket and everybody should be taken into account. "

" I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. "

" I had always seen myself as a star; I wanted to be a galaxy. "

" Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. "