Art Quote by Robert Gottlieb

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

Ballet is only good when it is great.

— Arlene Croce

Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved

— Henry Mayhew

Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique without much…

— John Simon

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

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

Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.

— George Balanchine

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

— Margot Fonteyn

Ballet can be grueling, for sure, but it gives you a certain discipline.

— Margaret Qualley

Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners.

— Anna Paskevska