Ballet Quote by Sergei Polunin

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of…

— Darcey Bussell

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

— Margot Fonteyn

I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.

— Bebe Neuwirth

I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not about money.…

— Carine Roitfeld

I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.

— Scott McClanahan

I think that, like any kind of career, there are many different people involved in the ballet world.

— Amanda Schull

Dancers work really hard, they don't make any money. It's hard.

— Andie MacDowell

The thing about ballet that I never knew about is that it's one of the most excruciating sports that I've ever been a part…

— Mila Kunis

I grew up wanting to be a ballet dancer.

— Hilary Farr

I have been a professional dancer and athlete my entire life.

— Lana