44 Quotes by Ninette de Valois

Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success.

You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.

You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it.

Classical ballet will never die.

You can't expect the press to stand still and not to want to change their minds, and develop something you and I haven't noticed.

The smile is the dance of the face – the dance is the smile of the limbs.

You can’t dance until you’ve learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

There’s nothing in the world that isn’t good, bad, and indifferent.

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.