Art Quote by Misty Copeland

I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people…

— Graeme Murphy

I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that's a large part of my purpose.

— Misty Copeland

My intention is to make sure that the new work being created for the ballet world is relevant.

— Justin Peck

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

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

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

I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

— Misty Copeland

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

The idea that ballet is a white art is absurd and shocking, and it’s gone on for too long. Nothing would make me happier…

— Benjamin Millepied

I suppose that I hope to change the history of ballet.

— Michaela DePrince

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought…

— Robert Caro

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