All Robert Gottlieb Quotes
- The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues - probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the… Age
- You have to surrender to a book. If you do, when something in it seems to be going askew, you are wounded. The more you… Appear
- The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi. Bolshoi
- Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest. Attest
- The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art. Art
- Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced. Always Left
- What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground. Ballets
- Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable. Disagreeable
- Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more. Actress
- The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority. Authority
- Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers. Balance
- When I was at Cambridge in the early fifties, there was a school nearby for training Army officers in Russian, and some imaginative genius came… Army
- Acting has changed since the nineteen-forties. Acting
- What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time. Answer
- Young women today, as in the fifties, find themselves entering the big world and having to make choices. Big
- Most famous stage actors tactfully fade away. Actor
- The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity. Altered
- Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed. Ballet
- Nothing is harder to create than brilliant comic ballets, except maybe brilliant full-evening comic ballets. Ballets
- One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it.… Backers
- Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers. Ballerinas
- Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it. Born
- Shakespeare has always been up for grabs, and choreographers have every right to use him any way they choose. Any
- The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever. Curtain
- Larry Hart and Dick Rodgers were both bright Jewish boys from Manhattan who at one point or another went to Columbia, but there the similarity… Another Went