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
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
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. – George Balanchine
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. – George Balanchine
