Ballet Quotes · Page 13

I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

— Misty Copeland

“never sit in the first row at the ballet.”

— john d macdonald

'The Nutcracker' is the ballet that keeps on giving.

— David H. Koch

“if ballet were easier, it would be called football.”

— ANONOMOUS

Always the question for dancers is: Can we fly?

— Jean-Christophe Maillot

I want to show that black people can dance ballet as well as white people.

— Michaela DePrince

I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

To handle paint the way Pollock did, you need the muscularity of a ballet dancer.

— Pat Steir

All dancers have a cumulative tendency, because each beat of the tom-tom has an almost irresistible appeal. Soon, those who were just…

— Camara Laye

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence

— Ninette de Valois

I go to ballet five days a week. I would love to go to a fashion show one day, because I never…

— Elle Fanning

I was very serious about ballet until the age of 12, at which point my body changed, and it wasn't quite right.

— Greta Gerwig

My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice.

— Nathan Chen

My family was artistic and encouraged me to express myself. I was a show-off, so they took me to ballet class.

— Sofia Boutella

Baseball is beautiful…the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity.

— Bowie Kuhn

I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around.

— Kevin McKenzie

He [Gene Kelly] once told me dancing was a man's game, as much of a sport as baseball itself. And he made…

— Liza Minnelli

I spent a whole year in New York without going back to France. And I always came back because my mother was…

— Vincent Cassel

I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would…

— Penelope Cruz

So...I'm larking through the Baby Gap, looking at tiny capri pants and sweaters that cost more than ... I don't know,more than…

— Rainbow Rowell

When I was young, I took classical ballet lessons, but I wasn't very good at it. It was really frustrating because I…

— Christine and the Queens

In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the…

— Ann Reinking

You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to…

— Merce Cunningham

At the beginning, ballet accounted for at least two hours out of six hours of my daily training session. Later I devoted…

— Natalia Yurchenko

“You...are...a...fridge...with wings. We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.”

— James Patterson

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

— Agnes de Mille

Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter.

— Louis Horst

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

— James Patterson

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

— Janice Dickinson

Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round

— John Milton

The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy.

— Mary Helen Bowers

“Spirit is a child, the tune of dancing feet its lullaby.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music.

— Suzanne Farrell

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.

— Zoe Saldana

To me, dance and ballet are not so accessible.

— Justin Peck

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

— Deborah Bull

I go to bed really late - if I just sleep I won't have a life outside ballet.

— Sergei Polunin

Do ballet and play football. Sing and dance. Laugh and cry.

— Michael Skolnik

Until I was in 6th grade, I took ballet, jazz, tap, and hip hop.

— Peyton List

I'm steel-toed boots in a ballet-slipper world.

— Richard Kadrey