Dance Quote by Jennifer Longo

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

— Igor Stravinsky

I'm not fond of the idea of doing ballet for ballet's sake, because dancers get exploited and they're not paid well. They do it…

— Sergei Polunin

Everything is beautiful at the ballet...

— Anonymous

“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

It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more.

— Darcey Bussell

“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

I know that I'll forever be involved in ballet. This is where my life was meant to be, and I don't see myself straying…

— Misty Copeland

Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different from each…

— Robert Gottlieb

I want the ballet world to be given the respect that it deserves and to be seen by more people - for so many…

— Misty Copeland

“I've learnt that love isn't about our place at the centre of it, but about finding the generosity to allow those we care about…

— Hannah Beckerman

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Yes but the point is that you can go to the ballet with me or a baseball game or a concert and wherever is…

— Mary Calmes