Ballet Quote by Misty Copeland

It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when…

— Misty Copeland

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

— Justin Peck

My philosophy on choreography is that the making of a ballet is a team effort, and we're in this together. It's not me hammering…

— Justin Peck

Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.

— Robert Gottlieb

I've always thought of the process of creating ballets as being this kind of team effort. It's not like being a painter, where you…

— Justin Peck

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form.

— Mary Helen Bowers

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

I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

— Misty Copeland

I'm trying to create ballets that I would enjoy seeing.

— Justin Peck

An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find…

— Nathan Chen

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.…

— Misty Copeland