I’ve got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do. — George Balanchine
Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training — George Balanchine
Most ballet teachers in the united states are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. — 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