To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.

