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Ballet Master Inspirational Quotes (292)

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Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
Martha Graham
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My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.
Paul Taylor
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When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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In France, ballet is on TV ... It's on the eight-o'clock news. It's a cool thing to be a dancer.
Benjamin Millepied
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I have no literary approach - except to literature.
George Balanchine
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Nobody is born a dancer.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.
Agnes de Mille
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I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
Martha Graham
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Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story for me, they are already a story in themselves
George Balanchine
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For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.
Rudolf Nureyev
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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
Martha Graham
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There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.
Ninette de Valois
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I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel.
Pina Bausch
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We can't stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
Agnes de Mille
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It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
Martha Graham
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People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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