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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
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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.
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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.
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It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
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I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
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The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.
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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
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I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
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The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.
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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.
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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
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