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The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

- George Balanchine

Beautiful, Flowers, Purely, Garden

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

- George Balanchine

Woman, Made, Equal, Ballets

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

See, Dancers, Steal, Assemble

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

- George Balanchine

United, United States, Ballet

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

- George Balanchine

Complicated, Tell, Ballet

One is born to be a great dancer.

- George Balanchine

Great, Born, Dancer

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