The body never lies.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

The body says what words cannot.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

The only sin is mediocrity.

The body never lies.

Learn by practice.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

The body is a sacred garment.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

Misery is a communicable disease.

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy that is translated through you; and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.

The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or feeling takes place can be at any time. Timeless feelings are common to all of us.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

You are unique and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost.

There is only one you in all time.

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual as we think so will we act.

To me a building if its beautiful is the love of one man hes made it out of his love for space materials things like that.

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.

If you feel depressed you shouldnt go out on the street because it will show on your face and youll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.

Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.

There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action Keep the channel open.

Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.

The unique must be fulfilled.

You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.

A man must be strong in that profession, he must have vigor of body and mind, yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly.

After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body's way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn't meant to be.

I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex is something beautiful to give to and share with a lover. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, because I only believe in being in love with one man at a time.

The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it helped me a lot in my life in general - not only in the classroom but on the baseball field as well.

I love the male body, it's better designed than the male mind.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.