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

I always, somehow, knew that I was going to dance.

I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.

I think that probably the moments of discovery do come from a place that is not totally organized. Order is something that we already know about. Discoveries are in a place we don't already know about.

It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.

We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed.

I see dance as glue for a community.

You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.