Ballet Quote by Misty Copeland

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I think the leotard for me became, after I retired, a sort of a symbol of the confines of still fitting into the ballet…

— Wendy Whelan

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

I think that I'm so fortunate to have found classical ballet. It completely changed my life and it shaped the person that I am…

— Misty Copeland

I liked the structure of ballet.

— Wendy Whelan

What I love most about ballet is being able to express my emotions through dance, and to be able to bring others joy through…

— Michaela DePrince

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

— Michaela DePrince

I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn't matter what you…

— Misty Copeland

American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward.

— Justin Peck

I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my…

— Misty Copeland

When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of the films…

— Clint Eastwood

Just as a child, before I ever knew what ballet was, there was something in me where I was always searching for something structured,…

— Misty Copeland