In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Sunlight is painting.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.