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
I don’t want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.
– George Balanchine
Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for–for another time? There are no other times. There is only now.
– George Balanchine
Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls and there’s already a plot.
– George Balanchine
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers.
– George Balanchine