Ballet Quotes

467 Ballet quotes by 299 unique authors

They were doing the Dying Swan at the ballet. And there was a rumor that some bookmarkers had drifted into town from upstate New York… — Woody Allen
To brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet. — Thomas Gray
To dance is to give channel to the Creator. — Ali Abdullah Saleh
We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music. — Alain LeRoy Locke
About, about, in reel and rout the death fires danced at night. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage. — Paul Robeson
And then he danced,-all foreigners excel the serious Angels in the eloquence of pantomime;-he danced, I say, right well, with emphasis, and a'so with good… — Lord Byron
Dance light, for my heart it lies under your feet, love. — Unknown Author
Dancing is an excellent amusement for young people, especially for those of sedentary occupations. Its excellence consists in exciting a cheerfulness of the mind, highly… — Noah Webster
I come alive, in front of the mirror, skipping and dancing and acting the fool. Dance is both escape and excitement. — Jody Watley
I don't think much of a dance step where the girl looks like she was being carried out of a burning building. — Unknown Author
I suppose I'm the only person who remembers one of the most exciting of his ballets-it's the fruit of an unlikely collaboration between Nijinsky on… — Alan Bennett
In dance the hand hath liberty to touch, the eye to gaze, the arm for to embrace. — George Gascoigne
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot of isolated individuals… — Agnes de Mille
Muse of the many twinkling feet, whose charms are now extending up from legs to arms. — Lord Byron
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. — William Wordsworth
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. I don't leap and jump anymore. I look at… — Martha Graham
The greater the fool the better the dancer. — Unknown Author
The once red leaf, the last of its clan, that dances as often as dance it can. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade. — John Milton
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life. — Benjamin Disraeli
When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven. — Chloe Grace Moretz
I can state that I created a ballet company of which everyone said: St. Petersburg has the greatest ballet in all Europe. — Unknown Author
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world, — Natalia Makarova
Ballet is not just my profession, it is my life ... It is horrible for me to think that one day it will all finish. — Unknown Author

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