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> [Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not in some way close the path of glory...](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/)

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> [If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the art than that of the artist.](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/)

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## More by Jean-Georges Noverre

> [No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/no-matter-the-style-the-farther-one-goes-the-more-obstacles-increase/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some displace the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/the-defects-born-of-habit-are-innumerable-i-see-every-child-occupied/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/it-is-shameful-that-dancing-should-renounce-the-empire-it-might/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-cannot-avoid-condemning-all-those-who-from-self-conceit-have-the/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [The abuse of the best things is always detrimental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/the-abuse-of-the-best-things-is-always-detrimental/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is so rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-know-that-applause-is-food-for-the-arts-but-it-ceases-to-be/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did…](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/)

> [The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally receive. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/the-defect-in-wisdom-and-taste-which-exists-among-the-majority-of/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your art in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/at-our-theaters-we-only-see-feeble-copies-of-the-copies-that-have/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-will-make-an-average-man-into-an-average-dancer-provided-he-be/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [When the music and dance create with accord...their magic captivates both the heart and the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/when-the-music-and-dance-create-with-accord-their-magic-captivates/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of…](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/)

> [I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-should-never-conclude-were-i-to-speak-to-you-of-all-the-misfortunes/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative for dancers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/in-order-that-our-art-may-arrive-at-the-degree-of-the-sublime-which-i/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

> [Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/applause-lavished-at-a-whim-and-without-discernment-often-proves-the/)

[Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/)

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