Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about George Balanchine
George Balanchine Quotes
5 Sourced Quotes
Source
Report...
Publicity overrates everything. Picasso's overrated. I'm overrated. Even Jack Benny's overrated.
George Balanchine
Source
Report...
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.
George Balanchine
Source
Report...
Woman can do without man in the ballet, but man cannot have any ballet company without woman.
George Balanchine
Source
Report...
First comes the sweat. Then then comes the beauty. If you are lucky and have said your prayers.
George Balanchine
Source
Report...
Ballet is the one place where art flourishes because of a woman; woman is the goddess, the poetess, the muse. That is why I have a company with beautiful girl dancers.
George Balanchine
Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
George Balanchine
Creative Commons
Born:
January 22, 1904
Died:
April 30, 1983
(aged 79)
Bio:
George Balanchine was one of the 20th century's most prominent choreographers. Styled as the father of American ballet, he co-founded the New York City Ballet and remained its Artistic Director for more than 35 years.
George Balanchine on Wikipedia
Suggest an edit or a new quote
Georgian Choreographer Quotes
Choreographer Quotes
20th-century Choreographer Quotes
Related Authors
Igor Stravinsky
Russian Conductor
Suzanne Farrell
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes