Ballet Quote by Carine Roitfeld

Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever…

— Wayne McGregor

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.

— Tom Petty

So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on the stage. They never, for various reasons, work full out in rehearsal. That's…

— Benjamin Harkarvy

For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer's leg isn't at a perfect angle, I can see past…

— Louise Nurding

One of the things about working on stage - actually, about working in show business, that is - is that it's such a collaborative…

— Gregory Hines

As a dancer, it's hard because there's such a perfectionist quality that you really have to let go of while you're acting, because nobody…

— Kathryn McCormick

I'm not a dancer, and it was very time-consuming. But I met great people, and it was flattering to be asked to be on.…

— Wendy Williams

I have never heard a dancer asking for advice about how to stay focused on her footwork, or a painter complaining about the dull…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. It's…

— James Murphy

In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out…

— Jim Goldberg

Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot…

— Evan Peters

The problem with our art form: it's so ephemeral, and catching performances can be so difficult... the important thing is what happens at the…

— Judith Weir