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> [First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/first-comes-the-sweat-then-comes-the-beauty-if-you-re-very-lucky-and/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

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## More by George Balanchine

> [See the music, hear the dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/see-the-music-hear-the-dance/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/ballet-dancing-is-arduous-strenuous-activity-students-are-engaged-in/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/storyless-is-not-abstract-two-dancers-on-the-stage-are-enough/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [“What are you waiting for? Now is all there is!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/what-are-you-waiting-for-now-is-all-there-is/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [I have no literary approach - except to literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/i-have-no-literary-approach-except-to-literature/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It's the illusion created which convinces the audience, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/the-choreographer-and-the-dancer-must-remember-that-they-reach-the/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But i dont agree with that because policeman don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/someone-once-said-that-dancers-work-just-as-hard-as-policeman-always/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/ballet-will-speak-for-itself-about-itself/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/i-cannot-move-i-cannot-even-want-to-move-unless-i-hear-the-music-first/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [My muse must come to me on union time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/my-muse-must-come-to-me-on-union-time/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [The woman's function is to fascinate men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/the-woman-s-function-is-to-fascinate-men/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/what-are-you-waiting-for-what-are-you-saving-for-now-is-all-there-is/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [They are poets of gesture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/they-are-poets-of-gesture/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [If you don't feel challenged, it's because you're not doing enough. Ballet should never feel comfortable. Comfortable is lazy! If you're comfortable when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/if-you-don-t-feel-challenged-it-s-because-you-re-not-doing-enough/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

> [One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-balanchine/one-is-born-to-be-a-dancer-no-teacher-can-work-miracles-nor-will/)

[George Balanchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-balanchine/)

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