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John Guare

"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."

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"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."

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"Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism."
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"We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?"
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"The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force."
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"Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet."
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"I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner."
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