To handle paint the way Pollock did, you need the muscularity of a ballet dancer. — Pat Steir Copy Share Image
However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet. — John Guare Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
No matter what people tell you, you should focus on your goals and you should do what you want to do, especially… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
From the age of four, I loved ballet and tap. I was in the school band, the choir, and all my school… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I… — Patrick Swayze Copy Share Image
Dancers work and live from the inside. They drive themselves constantly producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after… — Murray Louis Copy Share Image
You get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, and the big lesson is nobody counts you out… — Buddy Ebsen Copy Share Image
The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it… — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
What I need to survive is food, water, shelter, love and ballet. If I didn't have any one of them I'd probably… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,' served as my muse for 'The Painted Girls.' I came upon a television documentary… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
I want a big man physically as well as intellectually. l want a man with the thigh muscles to give me a… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
For Nine, I had to rehearse a number for three months...That was the only way to do that, I had singing teachers… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
“Simplicity itself is the key. Education in ballet, dance, martial arts, etc., is done through poses, or to be more precise, through… — Nicholas Romanov Copy Share Image
I was brought up on the Fine Young Cannibals' music and Roland was a hero when I lived in Hull. My dad… — Lucy Beaumont Copy Share Image
That something that I fought so hard for throughout the beginning of my career is I didn't want to pancake my skin… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I have learned a great deal from the theatrical side of Covent Garden. The Paris Opera Ballet is more concerned with technique.… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
When I was playing college football, they would take the football team to a ballet school. We would learn to do tour… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
“Myrna was part of a ballet troupe and Jack had seen her and the other dancers perform—his mother often made him go… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm more intrigued by things that I haven't really conceived of yet. I have the luxury of being able to think: "I've… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have… — Fernando Bujones Copy Share Image
I went to Indiana University for college for a couple of years where I double majored in dance and journalism, and after… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image