Ballet Quote by Agnes De Mille

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

— Agnes de Mille

Ballet is hard enough when you go with it; when you have to force your body to do things, it is so much harder.

— Sylvie Guillem

Ballet is a finite art - your body won't let you do it forever, so I wanted to do it while I could.

— Amanda Schull

Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other.

— George Borodin

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

— Sutton Foster

Ballet is not technique, not a way of doing things, but a means of expression that comes perhaps more closely to the inner language…

— Anonymous

Ballet is ultimately a logical technique; it favors the shortest, most efficient route from one position into another. This factor gives an aesthetic clarity…

— Anna Paskevska

Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually…

— Neve Campbell

Ballet is a classically based art form, so it comes with a certain set of rules, at least to start with; then it's about…

— Justin Peck

Ballet requires movements which are very unnatural. With every step, you do a circular movement of the hip. You turn out from the hip…

— Darcey Bussell

If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin…

— Lucinda Childs

Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by…

— Shirley MacLaine