Ballet Quote by Karen Kain

Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.

— Robert Gottlieb

Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.

— George Balanchine

Making the ballet really taught me how to get things moving. Ballet dancers don't stand still.

— Guy Maddin

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

— Agnes de Mille

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 seems to be going faster and faster. It's really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in…

— Robert Caro

The ballet world is so competitive, and for no reason. It's not a sport. It's an art. There's no winner.

— Sergei Polunin

For a long time everyone had a stereotype of ballet that it was easy and that we were just prancing around. But thanks to…

— Francesca Hayward

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

— Jennifer Ellison

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

— Robert Caro

Whoever thought of making ballet? I mean, what is it? It's so alien. You just look at people's behavior as well - people trying…

— Sergei Polunin