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George Balanchine quotes: Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.

Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.

George Balanchine quotes: My muse must come to me on union time.

My muse must come to me on union time.

George Balanchine quotes: I am a cloud - in trousers.

I am a cloud - in trousers.

George Balanchine quotes: Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.

Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.

George Balanchine quotes: The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself.

The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself.

George Balanchine quotes: I've got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do.

I've got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do.

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

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: I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.

I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.

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.

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: First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

George Balanchine quotes: The woman's function is to fascinate men.

The woman's function is to fascinate men.

George Balanchine quotes: Music must be seen, and dance must be heard

Music must be seen, and dance must be heard

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

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

George Balanchine quotes: Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet.

Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet.

George Balanchine quotes: In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell ... we can't dance synonyms.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell ... we can't dance synonyms.

George Balanchine quotes: They are poets of gesture.

They are poets of gesture.

George Balanchine quotes: Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

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.

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: I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.

I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.

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.

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: Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

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.

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: 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.

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: One is born to be a great dancer.

One is born to be a great dancer.

George Balanchine quotes: What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.

What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.

George Balanchine quotes: The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft.

The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft.

George Balanchine quotes: See the music, hear the dance.

See the music, hear the dance.

George Balanchine quotes: I have no literary approach - except to literature.

I have no literary approach - except to literature.

George Balanchine quotes: Dance is music made visible

Dance is music made visible