• 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.

    Suzanne Farrell: 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.
    "Ballerina of the Century". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.