Marius Petipa famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I can state that I created a ballet company of which everyone said: St. Petersburg has the greatest ballet in all Europe.
-- Marius Petipa

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The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution.
There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold.
You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.
And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.
We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.
In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction.
The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.
The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.
Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking.
I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,â€ said Joanna. â€œIt arouses all my worst instincts.

Marius Petipa famous quotes

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