Ballet Quotes

“Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different from each other and all bad ones are alike, at least in one crucial respect - they're all empty.”

“I wanted to be a ballet teacher.”

“Ballet shoes... I cannot play with them like they're toys. But when the music is playing they get deep on my toes.”

“Being in ballet class, being on the stage, being surrounded by my peers at American Ballet Theater every day, keeps me so humble and grounded. Being in ballet class, I feel, is like this meditation for me every morning.”

“Wrestling is ballet with violence.”

“I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin enough.”

“I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.”

“It [ballet] is a perfect medium for the expression of spiritual love.”

“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 the story.”

“Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.”