I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. George Balanchine
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. George Balanchine
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty – if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers. George Balanchine
One is born to be a great dancer. George Balanchine
Dance is music made visible. George Balanchine
God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it – from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do. George Balanchine
In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell…we can’t dance synonyms. George Balanchine