Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery. — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
I was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet, and a casting director came to one of our rehearsals to scout talent… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share Image
Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
There are three steps you have to complete to become a professional dancer: learn to dance, learn to perform, and learn how… — David Gere Copy Share Image
It is a fact that all the ballet's fundamental dance steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I just realized I wanted to do more than ballet. I was offered an apprenticeship, so I was about to join a… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
A lot of people have a lot of faith in Karole Armitage. They see her as bold, inventive, indefatigable. 'America isn't working… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I'd like to be able to get more girls to play guitar. I think with a girl playing electric guitar, sometimes it's… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I'm so fair that I didn't go in the sun as a child. When all my friends were on the beach, I… — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
Long experience has taught me that the crux of my fortunes is whether I can radiate good will toward my audience. There… — Howard Thurston Copy Share Image
Ballet is pure and demands that you serve something larger than yourself, whether it be beauty or art, or a combination of… — Peter Martins Copy Share Image
Being a former dancer, classical dancer, it informed me as a human being just in terms of the grace I guess. Ballet… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
Prayer is like practicing the piano or ballet or writing: you have to bring your body for a very long time, in… — Heather King Copy Share Image
I like graceful and elegant partnering that gives an illusion of ease instead of emphasizing difficulty. I don't want to make something… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
“You dance really well.” “I took ballet lessons.” She tilted her head back to search his face, certain he was joking. “You… — Jaci Burton Copy Share Image
Do you know what I've learned? That although ecstasy is the ability to stand outside yourself, dance is a way of rising… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Alright. Let's get realistic now. You know and I know that the function of that number was just to provide some sort… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
![“At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk is that I heard ancient Africa in his music. When he played, it was like a ballet. He captured the sound of the universe. Monk could take a triad, a simple chord, and make it sound…” quote by Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/251/randy-weston-65027_ancient_at-first-i-didn-t-understand-what-thelon_2078052.jpg)
