Ballet Quote by Robert Gottlieb

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

— Robert Gottlieb

It takes a lot of money to be a part of the ballet world. Both the training and the supplies are expensive, the shoes,…

— Misty Copeland

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

If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

I think ballet has a bad reputation of being stuffy and depleted.

— Justin Peck

The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world

— Vanessa Carlton

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

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

— 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

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 is more than a profession - it is a way of life.

— Margot Fonteyn

Ballet is only good when it is great.

— Arlene Croce