30 Quotes by Wendy Whelan

Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself.

I really miss dancing all day long. But something I really love is not dancing all day long. I love that I can't rely on dancing all day long to stay creative.

Any time I've performed on one of the major stages, whether it be Covent Garden or the Paris Opera or the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky, those are really the top memorable moments for me.

Being a ballerina, you don't ever want to show yourself less than perfect, ever. That's what your goal is: 24/7 perfection.

So much is made about the beginnings of ballet careers, the rosebud, and then once the petals and leaves start falling off, is it beautiful anymore? Some people think it is; some people don't. The expectation is to focus on the very beautiful parts, not the ending.

I've let my body soften. I've let it relax.

As ballerinas, we don't use our voices. Our voice is the body and the movement quality.

A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.

My art form is my child, and that's what I give my focus to.