Art Quote by Nicholas Romanov

Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

— Karlie Kloss

Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they…

— George Balanchine

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

— Sutton Foster

Archery, fencing, spear fighting, all of the martial arts, tea ceremony, flower arranging...in all of these, correct breathing, correct balance, and correct stillness help…

— Karlfried Graf Durckheim

We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of…

— George Balanchine

Since ballet has such a solid classical framework, everything is supposed to be a very specific way, so you learn to look at things…

— Sonoya Mizuno

Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by…

— Shirley MacLaine

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.

— Agnes De Mille

When you train as a dancer, you understand you have to work exceptionally hard. I think dancers are the hardest - working people in…

— Laverne Cox

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

— Robert Gottlieb

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

— Twyla Tharp