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> [It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/it-is-a-fine-art-because-it-strives-for-an-ideal-not-only-in-plastic/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

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## More by August Bournonville

> [Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/mannerism-is-not-character-and-affectation-is-the-avowed-enemy-of/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-beauty-to-which-the-dance-ought-to-aspire/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable laws of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-beauty-to-which-the-dance-ought-to-aspire-is-not-dependent-upon/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-dance-is-an-art-because-it-demands-vocation-knowledge-and-ability/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The art of Mime encompasses all the feelings of the soul. The Dance, on the other hand, is essentially an expression of joy, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-art-of-mime-encompasses-all-the-feelings-of-the-soul-the-dance-on/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-beautiful-always-retains-the-freshness-of-novelty-while-the/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/it-is-a-fine-art-because-it-strives-for-an-ideal-not-only-in-plastic/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/it-is-not-so-much-upon-the-number-of-exercises-as-the-care-with-which/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [Joy is a strength; intoxication, a weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/joy-is-a-strength-intoxication-a-weakness/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-height-of-artistic-skill-is-to-know-how-to-conceal-the-mechanical/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

> [The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the heights of poetry. On the other hand, through an excess of gymnastics it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-bournonville/the-dance-can-with-the-aid-of-music-rise-to-the-heights-of-poetry-on/)

[August Bournonville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-bournonville/)

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