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Publicity overrates everything. Picasso's overrated. I'm overrated. Even Jack Benny's overrated.

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The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

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Woman can do without man in the ballet, but man cannot have any ballet company without woman.

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First comes the sweat. Then then comes the beauty. If you are lucky and have said your prayers.

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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.

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George Balanchine

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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.

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