John Guare Quotes

People Go To See Beautiful Paintings To See How Much They Cost. Wow. The Practical Value Is That It Shows You What The Human Spirit Can Do.

And It Is Always Easter Sunday At The New York City Ballet. It Is Always Coming Back To Life. Not Even Coming Back To Life - It Lives In The Constant Present.

I Think Of The New York City Ballet As The Yankees Without George Steinbrenner.

I Think That Every Year That The New York City Ballet Is Alive Is Worthy Of Celebration. Because Otherwise The Terrible Thing Is Just That We Take It For Granted.

I Mean New York City Is The Financial Capital Of The World. It's Where All The Money Passes Through, The Dow Jones, Whatever, That's Where All The Money Goes.

However, The Moral Center Of New York City, I Believe, Is The New York City Ballet.

Does Any Art Have A Practical Value? People Love To Talk About How Expensive A Painting Is. That's The Only Way We Can Talk About Paintings In This Century.

And What Would Be Great Numbers In A Broadway Show Are Now On Stage Of The New York City Ballet.

All The New York City Ballet Does Is Hit Beautiful Home Runs.

The Atlantic Ocean Was Something Then.

Ballet Is Always About The Realm Of Possibilities, The Realm Of What The Human Body Can Do, What The Human Spirit Can Do. And It's About Listening, It's About Listening To Remarkable Music And How We Respond To That.

The Life Of A Dancer Is Tragically Short. What Is Remarkable About The New York City Ballet Is That It Makes Us Forget That. Because It Keeps The Ballet Alive.