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
In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.
George Balanchine
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
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.
George Balanchine
One is born to be a great dancer.
George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.
George Balanchine
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