Quotes by Ballet No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again, the most strenuous labor affords the greatest artists but a disquieting gleam which only reveals their inadequacy, while the self-satisfied ignoramus surrounded by the deepest gloom flatters himself that he has nothing more to learn. Jean-Georges Noverre ballet artist self I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage of the body. All these defects, mortifying for those who have contracted them, cannot be remedied except in their early stages. A habit born in childhood is strengthened in youth, becomes deeply rooted in adulthood and is incurable in old age. Jean-Georges Noverre childhood ballet age You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. Jeff Bridges ballet dance inspirational I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet. Jennifer Ellison ballet first-love firsts Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding. Jennifer Ellison grounding crafts ballet I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another. Jennifer Garner dancer ballet musical Wrestling is ballet with violence. Jesse Ventura ballet sports wrestling As I got older, I started to do it more and more, and I wanted to learn all of the different types. I grew up doing modern, so I wanted to learn ballet, tap, jazz, and African - just everything. Jillian Hervey jazz ballet different I went to the International Ballet competition when I was 15 or 16 and that was the first time I competed. I didn't get very far but it was the first time that I realized what I needed to do to become a dancer. I realized how hard it was. Joan Chen dancer competition ballet Not very many companies go through Hawaii on their way to anywhere. San Francisco Ballet was the only company I remember, and Bolshoi, coming through Hawaii when I was younger. Joan Chen san-francisco ballet way I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar with hula than they are with ballet. Joan Chen ballet imagination people I take class. I'm always ballet ready. I'm ready to go - got my tights and my shoes. Joan Chen shoes ballet class Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I'm always in touch with stuff going on. Joan Chen ballet mom president My mum said she remembers me asking her if she'd take me to ballet lessons when I was about two and a half. She said I could barely speak, and yet was asking for ballet lessons. Joanne Froggatt ballet asking two I come alive, in front of the mirror, skipping and dancing and acting the fool. Dance is both escape and excitement. Jody Watley ballet dancing mirrors Our animals don't do drugs. Instead, we move them almost daily in a tightly choreographed ballet from pasture spot to pasture spot. Joel Salatin ballet animal moving Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that. John Guare ballet body listening Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like ballet: a minority thing kept going by a minority group. John Lennon ballet voice people I've got used to the fact - just about - that whatever I do is going to be compared to the other Beatles. If I took up ballet dancing, my ballet dancing would be compared with Paul (McCartney)'s bowling. John Lennon ballet dancing would-be He dances well to whom Fortune pipes. John Ray pipe ballet fortune «345678910111213»