--- title: "8 Ballet teachers Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Ballet teachers quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Ballet teachers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/vera-ellen-16714_awkward_i-was-called-a-bookish-child-mother-sent_139697.jpg" --- > [I was called a bookish child. Mother sent me to a ballet teacher in Cincinnati when I was nine years old. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-ellen/i-was-called-a-bookish-child-mother-sent-me-to-a-ballet-teacher-in/) [Vera-Ellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-ellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/vera-ellen-16714_awkward_i-was-called-a-bookish-child-mother-sent_139697.jpg) > [The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-simplest-comment-on-my-book-came-from-my-ballet-teacher-she-said/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/quentin-crisp-1163_ballet_the-simplest-comment-on-my-book-came-fro_403369.png) > [I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-hudson/i-grew-up-dancing-and-my-ballet-teacher-was-literally-a-drill/) [Kate Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-hudson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/kate-hudson-7853_ballet_i-grew-up-dancing-and-my-ballet-teacher_714852.jpg) > [Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/most-ballet-teachers-in-the-united-states-are-terrible-if-they-were/) [George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/george-balanchine-15814_ballet_most-ballet-teachers-in-the-united-state_767779.png) > [I was always told by my ballet teachers that I was their actress because I was very performative in my roles. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-gladstone/i-was-always-told-by-my-ballet-teachers-that-i-was-their-actress/) [Lily Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-gladstone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/lily-gladstone-6158_actress_i-was-always-told-by-my-ballet-teachers_908966.jpg) > [Another friend began to say, "Well, Quentin has a problem of adjusting himself to society and he..." This sentence was never finished.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/another-friend-began-to-say-well-quentin-has-a-problem-of-adjusting/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/quentin-crisp-1163_adjusting_another-friend-began-to-say-well-quentin_1767219.jpg) > [I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-corrie/i-want-to-be-a-lawyer-a-dancer-an-actress-a-mother-a-wife-a-children/) [Rachel Corrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-corrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/rachel-corrie-26296_activist_i-want-to-be-a-lawyer-a-dancer-an-actres_2554204.png) > [Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alois-podhajsky/just-as-experience-dictates-to-the-ballet-teacher-the-length-of-time/) [Alois Podhajsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alois-podhajsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/alois-podhajsky-52208_age_just-as-experience-dictates-to-the-balle_3129770.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballet-teachers/#itemlist", "name": "Ballet teachers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was called a bookish child. 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