I know only one alternative to hard, unrelenting work. It is yet more work.

Everything changes. In the present lie the seeds of the future. Have the seeds been truly sown? Are they the seeds of noble and straight growing trees? If the proper seeds are there, the harvest is sure.

The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on — because they're dysfunctional to the institutions.

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

To talk about the future is useful only if it leads to action now.

Students have to be committed, fractional attention to art forms or getting hooked to the social media will not help in becoming a ‘complete artist’.

A dancer is not just a dancer. S/he is part of this environment. S/he does not exist in a vacuum. Society and its happenings have an impact on all individuals, especially artists. If an art form does not reflect the existing milieu, it stagnates.