Dance Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“No man is his costume; it is only what he wears to the dance.”

— Heather K. O'Hara

“I love ballet and am more interested in it than in anything else. . . . For the only form of scenic art that…

— Igor Stravinsky

“By disparaging ballet he succeeded very well in convincing the boys that ballet was not for Americans, that it was European in origin and…

— Walter Terry

“Entitlement. No person, no thing—not Antarctica, not the universe, not ballet—is ever obligated to love us back. True, honest love for a thing is…

— Jennifer Longo

“Ballet isn’t pop culture, after all; it is an art of the chosen few, a selected elite, for those who understand it; and it…

— Catherine E. Pawlick

“A major assumption that underlies this selection is that it is only within work that is progressive, experimental or avant-garde that staid, old-fashioned images…

— Ramsay Burt

“Like Montana Wildhack, Scott dances for a living. But it's called ballet and wardrobe is involved, so somewhow it's more acceptable.”

— Hugh Howey

“Ballet aficionados are just sports fans in formal wear.”

— S. L. Price

If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

“Nobody approves of the ballerina and the poor boy.”

— Nichele Reese

“if ballet were easier, it would be called football.”

— ANONOMOUS

“The very essence of ballet is poetic, deriving from dreams rather than from reality. About the only reason for its existence is to enable…

— Théophile Gautier