Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where anything is likely, and dancers know it.

Quote by Shana Alexander

Topics: Ballet Quotes, Perfection Quotes

The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part...

The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part...

I don't believe man is a woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is

I don't believe man is a woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can...

Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

The graceful Georgian streets and squares, a series of steel engravings under a wet sky.

The graceful Georgian streets and squares, a series of steel engravings under a wet sky.

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which...

The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which...

The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which...

The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which...

The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part...

The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can...

The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope...

The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope...

The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has...

The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has...

When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and...

When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and...

Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts.

Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts.