--- title: "33 Ballets Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 33 Ballets quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Ballets sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_dance_i-have-been-very-lucky-to-work-in-so-man_1142431.png" --- > [I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-have-been-very-lucky-to-work-in-so-many-new-ballets-but-that-is/) [Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_dance_i-have-been-very-lucky-to-work-in-so-man_1142431.png) > [All Ballets' fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/all-ballets-fundamental-steps-are-derived-from-the-folk-dances-of/) [Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ninette-de-valois-21443_dance_all-ballets-fundamental-steps-are-derive_581347.png) > [All of the vintage photos of Ballets Russes are so inspiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-helen-bowers/all-of-the-vintage-photos-of-ballets-russes-are-so-inspiring/) [Mary Helen Bowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-helen-bowers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/mary-helen-bowers-5890_dance_all-of-the-vintage-photos-of-ballets-rus_2353241.jpg) > [As long as my ballets are danced, I will live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/as-long-as-my-ballets-are-danced-i-will-live/) [Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/rudolf-nureyev-29098_dance_as-long-as-my-ballets-are-danced-i-will_869851.jpg) > [I'm trying to create ballets that I would enjoy seeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-peck/i-m-trying-to-create-ballets-that-i-would-enjoy-seeing/) [Justin Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/justin-peck-11843_create_i-m-trying-to-create-ballets-that-i-woul_2471418.jpg) > [I keep starting supergroups, writing ballets and things like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-keep-starting-supergroups-writing-ballets-and-things-like-that/) [Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/rhiannon-giddens-6220_dance_i-keep-starting-supergroups-writing-ball_779656.jpg) > [In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-kain/in-the-world-of-classical-ballet-there-are-only-a-handful-of-story/) [Karen Kain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-kain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/karen-kain-22526_ballet_in-the-world-of-classical-ballet-there-a_830037.png) > [Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/dancing-and-ballets-would-undoubtedly-take-on-a-new-lease-on-life-if/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/jean-georges-noverre-27939_ballet_dancing-and-ballets-would-undoubtedly-ta_951206.jpg) > [Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didn't do them myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-tudor/sometimes-i-feel-as-if-sections-of-my-ballets-were-done-for-me-that-i-2/) [Antony Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-tudor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/antony-tudor-62345_dance_sometimes-i-feel-as-if-sections-of-my-ba_2169675.jpg) > [I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-neuwirth/i-was-not-influenced-by-concerts-as-a-child-but-i-was-very-strongly/) [Bebe Neuwirth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-neuwirth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/bebe-neuwirth-17230_child_i-was-not-influenced-by-concerts-as-a-ch_958250.png) > [I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-caro/i-like-new-ballets-because-they-re-totally-new-as-you-get-older-new/) [Robert Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/robert-caro-11059_dance_i-like-new-ballets-because-they-re-total_1611529.png) > [If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/if-our-ballets-be-feeble-monotonous-and-dull-if-they-be-devoid-of/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_if-our-ballets-be-feeble-monotonous-and_1660673.jpg) > [Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didnt do them myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-tudor/sometimes-i-feel-as-if-sections-of-my-ballets-were-done-for-me-that-i/) [Antony Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-tudor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/antony-tudor-62345_dance_sometimes-i-feel-as-if-sections-of-my-ba_1052036.jpg) > [Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gottlieb/yes-bad-or-mediocre-ballets-can-be-useful-to-the-dancers-and/) [Robert Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/robert-gottlieb-2761_art_yes-bad-or-mediocre-ballets-can-be-usefu_1776984.png) > [Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gottlieb/tolstoy-may-be-right-about-happy-and-unhappy-families-but-in-ballet/) [Robert Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/robert-gottlieb-2761_about_tolstoy-may-be-right-about-happy-and-unh_1596507.jpg) > [I've always thought of the process of creating ballets as being this kind of team effort. It's not like being a painter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-peck/i-ve-always-thought-of-the-process-of-creating-ballets-as-being-this/) [Justin Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/justin-peck-11843_dance_i-ve-always-thought-of-the-process-of-cr_590869.jpg) > [I love all of the ballets that have a really strong story in them where I get to play a character. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-hayward/i-love-all-of-the-ballets-that-have-a-really-strong-story-in-them/) [Francesca Hayward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-hayward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/francesca-hayward-10001_character_i-love-all-of-the-ballets-that-have-a-re_798602.jpg) > [I've relaxed my feelings about other companies performing my works. I have never in principle been against my ballets being danced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/i-ve-relaxed-my-feelings-about-other-companies-performing-my-works-i/) [Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/martha-graham-2832_dance_i-ve-relaxed-my-feelings-about-other-com_1427806.jpg) > [I think that story ballets, as great as they might sell, they're a really dated and awkward medium to tell stories through.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-peck/i-think-that-story-ballets-as-great-as-they-might-sell-they-re-a/) [Justin Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/justin-peck-11843_dance_i-think-that-story-ballets-as-great-as-t_3041515.jpg) > [There are some ballets you can do for a long time. With others, you have to know when to stop. Some are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-guillem/there-are-some-ballets-you-can-do-for-a-long-time-with-others-you/) [Sylvie Guillem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-guillem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/sylvie-guillem-4764_best_there-are-some-ballets-you-can-do-for-a_778937.jpg) > [“The very essence of ballet is poetic, deriving from dreams rather than from reality. About the only reason for its existence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophile-gautier/the-very-essence-of-ballet-is-poetic-deriving-from-dreams-rather-than/) [Théophile Gautier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophile-gautier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/theophile-gautier-7224_ballet_the-very-essence-of-ballet-is-poetic-der_2853072.jpg) > [Dance in the most perishable of the arts. Ballets are forgotten, ballerinas retire, choreographers die--and what remains of that glorious production which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-anderson/dance-in-the-most-perishable-of-the-arts-ballets-are-forgotten/) [Jack Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/jack-anderson-39259_art_dance-in-the-most-perishable-of-the-arts_1342731.png) > [I'm trying to do things I have never done. Like I recently went to 3 different ballets. And I loved trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-regan/i-m-trying-to-do-things-i-have-never-done-like-i-recently-went-to-3/) [Brian Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-regan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/brian-regan-3918_bits_i-m-trying-to-do-things-i-have-never-don_282263.png) > [Aren't all ballets sexy? I think they should be. I can think of nothing more kinky than a prince chasing a swan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-helpmann/aren-t-all-ballets-sexy-i-think-they-should-be-i-can-think-of-nothing/) [Robert Helpmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-helpmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/robert-helpmann-44279_all-night_aren-t-all-ballets-sexy-i-think-they-sho_2623741.png) > ['The Sleeping Beauty' is the greatest, most challenging and most vulnerable of classical ballets. Everything can go wrong with it, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gottlieb/the-sleeping-beauty-is-the-greatest-most-challenging-and-most/) [Robert Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/robert-gottlieb-2761_beauty_the-sleeping-beauty-is-the-greatest-most_2014845.png) > [Oh, I could have done more. I refused a lot of ballets. I said, 'No way, no way I'm going to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-guillem/oh-i-could-have-done-more-i-refused-a-lot-of-ballets-i-said-no-way-no/) [Sylvie Guillem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-guillem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/sylvie-guillem-4764_could_oh-i-could-have-done-more-i-refused-a-lo_1973809.png) > [In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/in-my-ballets-woman-is-first-men-are-consorts-god-made-men-to-sing/) [George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/george-balanchine-15814_dance_in-my-ballets-woman-is-first-men-are-con_2432242.png) > [I remember that my mother used to take me to see ballets, especially if there were black people in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/i-remember-that-my-mother-used-to-take-me-to-see-ballets-especially/) [Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/ntozake-shange-11891_black_i-remember-that-my-mother-used-to-take-m_2187145.png) > [Nothing is harder to create than brilliant comic ballets, except maybe brilliant full-evening comic ballets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gottlieb/nothing-is-harder-to-create-than-brilliant-comic-ballets-except-maybe/) [Robert Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/robert-gottlieb-2761_brilliant_nothing-is-harder-to-create-than-brillia_2862108.png) > [George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-peck/george-balanchine-is-my-role-model-because-his-work-is-so-varied-you/) [Justin Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/justin-peck-11843_dance_george-balanchine-is-my-role-model-becau_1523911.jpg) > [I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-farrell/i-like-dramatic-ballets-particularly-if-they-re-ballets-in-which-i/) [Suzanne Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-farrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/suzanne-farrell-13152_another_i-like-dramatic-ballets-particularly-if_1805817.png) > [I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/misty-copeland/i-m-a-classical-ballet-dancer-and-at-the-end-of-the-day-i-want-to-be/) [Misty Copeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/misty-copeland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/misty-copeland-2012_and-at-the-end-of-th_i-m-a-classical-ballet-dancer-and-at-the_1986124.png) > [There's the tradition of the 19th-century ballets, and the 20th century has had a difficult time with that tradition. And it's had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/there-s-the-tradition-of-the-19th-century-ballets-and-the-20th/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/twyla-tharp-1069_19th-century_there-s-the-tradition-of-the-19th-centur_1834571.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballets/#itemlist", "name": "Ballets Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mikhail Baryshnikov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-have-been-very-lucky-to-work-in-so-many-new-ballets-but-that-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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