--- title: "20 Jean-Georges Noverre Quotes - Famous Dancer (Lettres sur la danse, et sur les ballets)" description: "Jean-Georges Noverre was a French dancer and ballet master, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative bal..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeangeorges-noverre-48159.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeangeorges-noverre-48159.jpg) # Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810) Dancer **20** quotes in **196** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jean-Georges Noverre was a dancer, best known for *Lettres sur la danse, et sur les ballets*. ## Quick Facts About Jean-Georges Noverre Born April 29, 1727 Died October 19, 1810 Profession Dancer Notable works Lettres sur la danse, et sur les ballets ## About Jean-Georges Noverre Jean-Georges Noverre was a French dancer and ballet master, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day. ## Quotes by Jean-Georges Noverre > [True art consists in concealing art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/true-art-consists-in-concealing-art/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_true-art-consists-in-concealing-art-2217_2217141.jpg) > [The abuse of the best things is always detrimental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/the-abuse-of-the-best-things-is-always-detrimental/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/jean-georges-noverre-27939_abuse_the-abuse-of-the-best-things-is-always-d_479464.jpg) > [Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/applause-lavished-at-a-whim-and-without-discernment-often-proves-the/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Applause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/applause/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/jean-georges-noverre-27939_applause_applause-lavished-at-a-whim-and-without_1964530.jpg) > [When the music and dance create with accord...their magic captivates both the heart and the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/when-the-music-and-dance-create-with-accord-their-magic-captivates/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Accord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accord/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/jean-georges-noverre-27939_accord_when-the-music-and-dance-create-with-acc_1575634.jpg) > [This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/this-art-born-of-genius-and-good-taste-can-become-beautiful-and/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_this-art-born-of-genius-and-good-taste-c_2643475.jpg) > [It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/it-is-shameful-that-dancing-should-renounce-the-empire-it-might/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Ballet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/jean-georges-noverre-27939_ballet_it-is-shameful-that-dancing-should-renou_375998.jpg) > [A fine picture is but the image of nature; a finished ballet is nature herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/a-fine-picture-is-but-the-image-of-nature-a-finished-ballet-is-nature/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/jean-georges-noverre-27939_ballet_a-fine-picture-is-but-the-image-of-natur_2091719.jpg) > [In order to dance well, nothing is so important as the turning outwards of the thigh; and nothing is so natural to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/in-order-to-dance-well-nothing-is-so-important-as-the-turning/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Ballet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/jean-georges-noverre-27939_ballet_in-order-to-dance-well-nothing-is-so-imp_1973131.jpg) > [It is not a question of skimming the surface of the art, it must be probed to its depths, for to seize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/it-is-not-a-question-of-skimming-the-surface-of-the-art-it-must-be/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_it-is-not-a-question-of-skimming-the-sur_2179945.jpg) > [If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/if-our-ballets-be-feeble-monotonous-and-dull-if-they-be-devoid-of/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_if-our-ballets-be-feeble-monotonous-and_1660673.jpg) > [Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/dancing-and-ballets-would-undoubtedly-take-on-a-new-lease-on-life-if/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Ballet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/jean-georges-noverre-27939_ballet_dancing-and-ballets-would-undoubtedly-ta_951206.jpg) > [I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-cannot-avoid-condemning-all-those-who-from-self-conceit-have-the/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_i-cannot-avoid-condemning-all-those-who_423709.jpg) > [I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-will-make-an-average-man-into-an-average-dancer-provided-he-be/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/jean-georges-noverre-27939_arms_i-will-make-an-average-man-into-an-avera_1573510.jpg) > [No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/no-matter-the-style-the-farther-one-goes-the-more-obstacles-increase/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_no-matter-the-style-the-farther-one-goes_14500.jpg) > [The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/the-defects-born-of-habit-are-innumerable-i-see-every-child-occupied/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [All kinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-kinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/jean-georges-noverre-27939_all-kinds_the-defects-born-of-habit-are-innumerabl_272552.jpg) > [At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/at-our-theaters-we-only-see-feeble-copies-of-the-copies-that-have/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_at-our-theaters-we-only-see-feeble-copie_1008072.jpg) > [I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-should-never-conclude-were-i-to-speak-to-you-of-all-the-misfortunes/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Adulthood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adulthood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/jean-georges-noverre-27939_adulthood_i-should-never-conclude-were-i-to-speak_1817914.jpg) > [The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/the-defect-in-wisdom-and-taste-which-exists-among-the-majority-of/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/jean-georges-noverre-27939_art_the-defect-in-wisdom-and-taste-which-exi_991192.jpg) > [I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/i-know-that-applause-is-food-for-the-arts-but-it-ceases-to-be/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) [Affection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affection/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/jean-georges-noverre-27939_affection_i-know-that-applause-is-food-for-the-art_641448.jpg) > [In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-georges-noverre/in-order-that-our-art-may-arrive-at-the-degree-of-the-sublime-which-i/) [Jean-Georges Noverre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-georges-noverre/) 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