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> [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/)

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## More by Ninette de Valois

> [You can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/you-can-t-dance-until-you-ve-learnt-steps-the-things-your-feet-can-do/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/somebody-must-always-be-doing-something-new-or-life-would-get-very/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/nothing-is-done-easily-first-have-the-thing-then-the-thing-has-a/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [Classical ballet will never die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/classical-ballet-will-never-die/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [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/)

> [There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/there-s-nothing-in-the-world-that-isn-t-good-bad-and-indifferent/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/you-cannot-create-genius-all-you-can-do-is-nurture-it/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it's dancing, whether it's singing, whether it's talking, we all listen to each other. That's progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/no-no-we-all-teach-each-other-whether-it-s-dancing-whether-it-s/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/god-gave-us-all-exactly-the-same-fingers-arms-legs-and-feet-but-in/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/you-never-advance-without-losing-something-en-passant-you-lose-it/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/nearly-everything-in-life-goes-in-threes-and-fours/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/well-i-mean-we-are-developing-the-other-parts-and-we-can-t-give-quite/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [We are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/we-are-developing-the-other-parts-and-we-can-t-give-quite-all-our/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [The smile is the dance of the face - the dance is the smile of the limbs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/the-smile-is-the-dance-of-the-face-the-dance-is-the-smile-of-the-limbs/)

[Ninette de Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ninette-de-valois/)

> [It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninette-de-valois/it-s-either-not-good-enough-and-dies-altogether-or-it-develops/)

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