There are no facts, only interpretations.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

Genius is sorrow's child.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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.

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

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

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 day of individual happiness has passed

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

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.