Ballerina Quote by Anton Chekhov

Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is sweat, blood and tears as well!

— Anonymous

I'm not fond of the idea of doing ballet for ballet's sake, because dancers get exploited and they're not paid well. They do it…

— Sergei Polunin

What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form.

— Edward Villella

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

— Robert Caro

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are…

— Benjamin Millepied

Contrary to vulgar legend the lives of great ballerinas are not entirely given up to a few minutes of graceful movement every night followed…

— Gore Vidal

Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.

— Robert Gottlieb

I think ballet has a bad reputation of being stuffy and depleted.

— Justin Peck

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

— Robert Caro

Ballet really lends itself to that because there's such a sense of ritual, with wrapping the shoes every day and preparing new shoes for…

— Natalie Portman

The muscles that are used in Ballet Beautiful are similar to those used in classic ballet. They're also muscles that don't get used very…

— Mary Helen Bowers

Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children.

— Darcey Bussell