George Balanchine Quotes

I Have No Literary Approach - Except To Literature.

My Muse Must Come To Me On Union Time.

Your Eyes Is Camera And Your Brain Is A File Cabinet.

One Is Born To Be A Great Dancer.

The Choreographer And The Dancer Must Remember
that They Reach The Audience Through The Eye.
it's The Illusion Created Which Convinces The Audience,
much As It Is With The Work Of A Magician.

I Am A Cloud - In Trousers.

In Ballet A Complicated Story Is Impossible To Tell. We Can't Dance Synonyms.

I Could Never Make A Ballet By Wrinkling My Brow And Concentrating. If You Set Out Deliberately To Make A Masterpiece, How Will You Ever Get It Finished?

The Pointes For Girls, I Always Say, Have To Be Like An Elephant's Trunk; Strong And Yet Flexible And Soft.

Most Ballet Teachers In The United States Are Terrible. If They Were In Medicine, Everyone Would Be Poisoned.

Ballet Will Speak For Itself. About Itself.

The Woman's Function Is To Fascinate Men.