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Suzanne Farrell Quotes

All Quotes Dance Dancing

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

"Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

Treat each class as if it were your first.

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.

"Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

Good theater should always send people away feeling changed.

"Ballet Legend Suzanne Farrell Passes on the Balanchine Legacy". Seven Days Interview, www.sevendaysvt.com. February 15, 2012.

I was very much of a tomboy.

"Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance.

The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

"Ballerina of the Century". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.