Ballet Quotes · Page 26

I announced at the dinner table when I was 11 that I wanted to be a ballet dancer. But my goal changed…

— Ann Reinking

At the Ballet' from 'A Chorus Line' - that's my go-to, singing-in-the-car song.

— Rachel Zegler

Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money.

— Sergei Polunin

Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

— William Watson Purkey

I did grow up in France, and even though I didn't go to the school or dance with the Paris Opera Ballet,…

— Benjamin Millepied

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's…

— Misty Copeland

I think 'Ballet Shoes' was a very pivotal role for me. I was about 14 then, and it was an incredible cast:…

— Lucy Boynton

Being a dark black ballet dancer, there's a lot of pressure on us. I feel like I have to work ten times…

— Michaela DePrince

I grew up wanting to be a ballet dancer.

— Hilary Farr

“When the doctors came in a little while later saying they thought they knew my diagnosis, I was afraid to know.”

— Sarah Todd Hammer

In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best…

— Alexander Dale Oen

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

— Peyton List

Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself…

— James Wolcott

Ballet class is like Life Lessons 101. You learn some of life's most important lessons here that you will carry with you forever.

— Joanne H Morscher

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to…

— Diane Kruger

Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance;…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

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

— Zoe Saldana

Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace,…

— Laurence Shames

I realize how much ballet gave me, and because of ballet, I’m known as a graceful gymnast.

— Svetlana Boginskaya

Another friend began to say, "Well, Quentin has a problem of adjusting himself to society and he..." This sentence was never finished.…

— Quentin Crisp

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She…

— Ashley Wagner

I hated my girls' love of princesses, ballet and all things pink and glittery. I didn't want it foisted on them at…

— Ulrika Jonsson

My sister was in ballet growing up. I spent almost the entirety of 7 through 12 backstage at Lincoln Center, just running…

— Timothee Chalamet

I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was…

— Laurieann Gibson

You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about…

— Darcey Bussell