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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. "

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" My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment. "

" What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity. "

" If a thing moves, it lives. "

" The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language. "

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

" 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. "

" Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. "

" I do at least 75 push-ups a day. "

" A commission is an invitation to fall in love. "

" In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock. "

" You either entertain an audience or you don't. "

" 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. "

" The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it. "

" I don't judge. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business. "

" In circuses, there is a lot of magic. Things become other things. "

" There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything. "

" I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women. "

" I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot of literature and not care about language. "

" The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. "

" It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer. "

" 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.' "

" Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound. "

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

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

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

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

" There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do. "

" I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly. "

" 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 thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot. "