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Ballet Quotes by George Balanchine
- Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.
- The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.
- We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the…
- Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.
- Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive…
- Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.
- I could never make a ballet by wrinkling my brow and concentrating. If you set out deliberately to make a masterpiece, how will you ever…
- In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell ... we can't dance synonyms.
More Ballet Quotes
- The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's… — Fred Astaire
- I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet. — Amy Adams
- Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
- The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. — George Balanchine
- No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
- You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. — Jeff Bridges
- You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. — Deborah Bull
- Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying… — Meg Cabot
- Endurance is patience concentrated. — Thomas Carlyle