Ballerina Quote by Maris Liepa

Weight has never been a problem with me because when you dance, it just stays off.

— Debbie Reynolds

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are…

— Benjamin Millepied

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

— Gelsey Kirkland

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

— Deborah Bull

I think as a dancer you are always wanting to look your best, like in an outfit, you want an outfit to look the…

— Dianne Buswell

It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are long in…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more…

— Martha Graham

A lot of people think, "Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym." And I've definitely been one…

— Misty Copeland

Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children.

— Darcey Bussell

Classical ballet is very extreme. You're doing it six days a week, and it's a kind of obsession of perfecting a move. So every…

— Darcey Bussell

The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority.

— Robert Gottlieb

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

— Natalia Makarova