Air Quote by Matthew Bourne

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

— Robert Caro

I absolutely love ballet. It gives me a chance to act like a princess in a fairy-tale world.

— Michaela DePrince

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

I think it's interesting for people to be exposed to ballet in areas they wouldn't necessarily expect to see it.

— Justin Peck

Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And…

— John Guare

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a…

— Justin Peck

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

— Guy Maddin

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

Ballet is not just movement, not simply abstract. It's something beautiful. Sometimes there's this feeling in the movement that makes me want to cry.

— Nina Ananiashvili

Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.

— Misty Copeland

What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form.

— Edward Villella

At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.

— Misty Copeland