"The only thing I fear is boredom."

"My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music. The temple in which I dance can be vague or faithfully reproduced, for I am the temple."

"I have seen the world, loved many men, and lived a thousand lives in one."

"I am a woman of many secrets, but none of them are betrayals."

"My exoticism was my shield, my beauty my weapon."