Quotes and Sayings about Ballet

Ballet is a sublime art. It's elegant and delicate. It's not for graceless, ugly girls. Some girls were born to shine like stars. Others were born to watch them shine.

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.

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

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can and ballet to accept the things I can't.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

One move can set a whole generation free... one move can make you believe like you're something more.

Whoever said happines comes with sunshine, has never danced in the rain!

It's not about dancing professionally so others like it, it's about having fun, and it's best to move the body the way it wants to move.

Y'all are talkin' about dancin' like it's rocket science or somethin'.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

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

The music is the language and your body speaks the words.

Captain: "Computer. Define: dancing!"
Mary: "Dancing! A series of movements involving two partners, where speed and rhythm match harmoniously with music."

Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

Stop, when everyone tells you to run, take a chance
Don't listen when they tell you not to dance

They danced as though they'd been waiting all their lives for each song.

A stranger in life is a neighbour on the dancefloor.

Sometimes, you can convey more with dance than words. If you don't know what to say, then just dance.

If a man doesn't know how to dance he doesn't know how to make love.

We are seen dancing and thought insane - by those who can't hear the music.

Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner, you don't have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen to be in vogue. All you have to do is be a good average dancer, and anybody who spends the time and effort can accomplish this.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance!

If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

All my dance moves are improv. I just make them up on the spot.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

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

Working is living to me.

It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

Now get your filthy uterus out of my face!

Betty: "Excuse me, sir, but-"
Hugo: "You're not excused. But nature should excuse herself for creating you."

Marcela: "Look, you have an extremely expensive car. That's entirely useless in New York. Plus, you can't afford the apartment your ex left you. There's your problem!"
Patricia: "You might as well ask me to sell my kidneys."

The image is where you have dinner at night, who you're seeing. It's what car you drive and how you dress. People in the industry sell that, and it creates a dream. There's nothing else.

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all.

She knows how to please a man. I just think she's horizontally accessible.

But you need to be careful, though. You know how men are. They're heartless bastards!

Secretary? My dad will probably ask why I got a post-graduate degree to be just a secretary. As soon as he hears the title, Dad will have another episode.

Betty, you'll get it! Haven't I always told you to believe in yourself? Just remember me when you make it big. I don't want to stay here forever.