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Ninette De Valois quotes: Classical ballet will never die.

Classical ballet will never die.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success.

Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success.

Ninette De Valois quotes: All Ballets' fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.

All Ballets' fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.

Ninette De Valois quotes: No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it's dancing, whether it's singing, whether it's talking, we all listen to each other. That's progress.

No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it's dancing, whether it's singing, whether it's talking, we all listen to each other. That's progress.

Ninette De Valois quotes: The smile is the dance of the face - the dance is the smile of the limbs.

The smile is the dance of the face - the dance is the smile of the limbs.

Ninette De Valois quotes: And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

Ninette De Valois quotes: As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves.

As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves.

Ninette De Valois quotes: It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.

It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.

Ninette De Valois quotes: So it takes years to make a solid company.

So it takes years to make a solid company.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes.

Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes.

Ninette De Valois quotes: There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

Ninette De Valois quotes: You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it.

You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it.

Ninette De Valois quotes: There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.

There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.

Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.

Ninette De Valois quotes: Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits.

Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits.