In order to dance well, nothing is so important as the turning outwards of the thigh; and nothing is so natural to men as the contrary position.

True art consists in concealing art.

If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the art than that of the artist.

A fine picture is but the image of nature; a finished ballet is nature herself.

Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career.

This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree.

I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is so rich that, far from strengthening the constitution, it disturbs and enfeebles it. Stage beginners are similar to those children totally spoiled by the blind affection of their parents.