Moonlight is sculpture.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.