Ballet Quote by Mark Morris

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

— Robert Gottlieb

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

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

We don't dance because we can't dance. Our shows, production-wise, are always quite minimal. We always try and keep it more about us having…

— Louis Tomlinson

Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today.

— Mark Morris

The modern dance is no dance in the first place, and when you've finally learned it, it's not modern any more.

— Evan Esar

Not everyone is a good dancer but you just have to enjoy doing it. Dance as if no one is watching.

— Sanya Malhotra

Ballet is the one form of theater where nobody speaks a foolish word all evening nobody on the stage at least.

— Edwin Denby

I've always been excited by the strangeness of ballet, but I can't bear it when people just come forward and do a turn in…

— Matthew Bourne

The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it.

— Misty Copeland

Dance like nobody is watching

— Anonymous

I don't dance anymore. Though I have been approached several times by these dance reality shows to be a part of them, I simply…

— Vikrant Massey