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George Balanchine Quotes

Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet Picture Quote #1

Music must be seen, and dance must be heard Picture Quote #1

Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned Picture Quote #1

Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don’t think so much about it. Just make something interesting Picture Quote #1

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Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive for physical perfection not for the prowess alone but as a way of achieving the means necessary to express the pure nature of their art Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is Picture Quote #1

The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself Picture Quote #1

See the music, hear the dance Picture Quote #1

My muse must come to me on union time Picture Quote #1

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Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays Picture Quote #1

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can’t dance synonyms Picture Quote #1

One is born to be a great dancer Picture Quote #1

I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first Picture Quote #1

They are poets of gesture Picture Quote #1

Ballet will speak for itself. About itself Picture Quote #1

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We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts... The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle... is the essential element. 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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time Picture Quote #1

The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant’s trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft Picture Quote #1

Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there’s already a plot Picture Quote #1

It’s like the time capsule with everything in it. Or like the seed that when you plant it, becomes the enormous tree with leaves and fruit. Everybody was in that little seed, and so everything can open. The tree of dance is like that. It just takes a long, long time to blossom Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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I’ve got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do Picture Quote #1

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers Picture Quote #1

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener Picture Quote #1

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better Picture Quote #1

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Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet (George Balanchine Quotes) Music must be seen, and dance must be heard (George Balanchine Quotes) Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves (George Balanchine Quotes) 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 Quotes) Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned (George Balanchine Quotes) Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don’t think so much about it. Just make something interesting (George Balanchine Quotes) Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive for physical perfection not for the prowess alone but as a way of achieving the means necessary to express the pure nature of their art (George Balanchine Quotes) 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 Quotes) What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is (George Balanchine Quotes) The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself (George Balanchine Quotes) See the music, hear the dance (George Balanchine Quotes) My muse must come to me on union time (George Balanchine Quotes) Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays (George Balanchine Quotes) In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can’t dance synonyms (George Balanchine Quotes) One is born to be a great dancer (George Balanchine Quotes) I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first (George Balanchine Quotes) They are poets of gesture (George Balanchine Quotes) Ballet will speak for itself. About itself (George Balanchine Quotes) We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts... The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle... is the essential element. 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 (George Balanchine Quotes) I don’t have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time (George Balanchine Quotes) The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant’s trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft (George Balanchine Quotes) Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there’s already a plot (George Balanchine Quotes) It’s like the time capsule with everything in it. Or like the seed that when you plant it, becomes the enormous tree with leaves and fruit. Everybody was in that little seed, and so everything can open. The tree of dance is like that. It just takes a long, long time to blossom (George Balanchine Quotes) 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? (George Balanchine Quotes) I’ve got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do (George Balanchine Quotes) First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers (George Balanchine Quotes) The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener (George Balanchine Quotes) In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better (George Balanchine Quotes)