Suzanne Farrell

"The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for."

"I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not."

"That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing."

"I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do."