Ninette de Valois

Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#advanced #attention #because #definitely #lose

So it takes years to make a solid company. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#make #solid #takes #years

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#doing #dull #get #life #must

The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a year and draw onto all the highest points and then put that into the general method. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#best #best way #draw #general #go

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

— Ninette de Valois

#been #british #had #influence #never

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

— Ninette de Valois

#good #indifferent #nothing #world