I Would Rather Live In

The Artist Is The Only Lover; He Alone Has The Pure Vision Of Beauty, And Love Is The Vision Of The Soul When It Is Permitted To Gaze Upon Immortal Beauty.

My Art Is Just An Effort To Express The Truth Of My Being In Gesture And Movement. It Has Taken Me Long Years To Find Even One Absolutely True Movement.

There Are Likewise Three Kinds Of Dancers: First, Those Who Consider Dancing As A Sort Of Gymnastic Drill, Made Up Of Impersonal And Graceful Arabesques; Second, Those Who, By Concentrating Their Minds, Lead The Body Into The Rhythm Of A Desired Emotion, Expressing A Remembered Feeling Or Experience. And Finally, There Are Those Who Convert The Body Into A Luminous Fluidity, Surrendering It To The Inspiration Of The Soul.

Dancing: The Highest Intelligence In The Freest Body.

I Intend To Work For This Dance Of The Future. I Do Not Know Whether I Have The Necessary Qualities; I May Have Neither Genius Nor Talent Nor Temperament. But I Know That I Have A Will; And Will And Energy Sometimes Prove Greater Than Either Genius Or Talent Or Temperament.