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. ”

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

One is born to be a great dancer. ”

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. ”