Desire Quote by Arlene Phillips

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

— Darcey Bussell

I always looked at the process and the career of being a ballerina as sacred. It's a true gift to have this talent and…

— Wendy Whelan

A ballerina's life can be glorious. But it does not get any easier. I don't think anyone must ever think about it getting easier.

— Alicia Markova

I haven’t come from the typical path or background of someone who would make it to this level as a ballerina. When it came…

— Misty Copeland

I never dreamt of becoming a ballerina. I was just curious about it, it was something to explore.

— Sylvie Guillem

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become…

— Diane Kruger

I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a…

— Suzanne Farrell

To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just…

— Jennifer Garner

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am striving to reach the stars as a prima ballerina, but my most important reason for wanting this is because of the effect…

— Michaela DePrince

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

I've always felt like a different kind of ballerina.

— Wendy Whelan