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 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...

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

We do not own this place, we are just passengers