Ballet Quotes

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  The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Success, Dance, Positivity

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• Dance is not an exercise. Dance is an art.

  Alicia Alonso

  Dance, Art, Exercise

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• Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Dance, Dancing, Legs

  Charles Baudelaire (2001). “The Prose Poems and La Fanfarlo”, p.22

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• Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

  Anna Pavlova

  Dance, Dancing, Technique

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• Dancers are the athletes of God.

  Albert Einstein

  Dance, Philosophical, Athlete

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• The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

  Dale Carnegie

  Dance, Art, Positivity

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.117, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The domain of the ballet dancer is not earth but air.

  Lincoln Kirstein

  Air, Dancer, Earth

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  Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Runner's Book of Daily Inspiration: A Year of Motivation, Revelation, and Instruction". Book by Kevin Nelson, p. 11, 1999.

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• The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.

  Twyla Tharp

  Way, Needs, Stories

  "Tharp's New Tale, Woven In Dance" by Gia Kourlas, www.nytimes.com. February 03, 2012.

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• However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

  John Guare

  New York, Believe, Cities

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• Classical ballet will never die.

  Ninette de Valois

  Dance, Art, Classic

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• This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree.

  Jean-Georges Noverre

  Beautiful, Art, Degrees

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  The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

  Agnes de Mille

  Dance, Lying, Women

  Agnes De Mille (1980). “America dances”, Macmillan Pub Co

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  Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

  Alexander Pushkin

  Dance, Dancing, Soul

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• Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where anything is likely, and dancers know it.

  Shana Alexander

  Imagination, Perfection, Dancer

  Shana Alexander (2015). “Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album”, p.235, Open Road Media

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• Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dance

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• The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint, a sense of harmony with forces larger and more lasting than the individual.

  Marcia Siegel

  Vocabulary, Order, Ballet Class

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• You go to the ballet and you see girls dancing on their tiptoes. Why don't they just get taller girls?

  Greg Ray

  Girl, Dancing, Tiptoes

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  And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Life, Music

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• If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

  Artie Shaw

  Needs, Beats, Ifs

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• God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It's a way of expressing our humanity.

  Julie Harris

  Beautiful, Play, Symphony

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• You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.

  Deborah Bull

  Training, Example, Weight

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  The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

  James Brown

  Happiness, Dance, Adversity

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• Dance light, for my heart it lies under your feet, love.

  John Francis Waller

  Lying, Heart, Light

  John Francis WALLER (1854). “Poems”, p.229

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