John Guare New York Quotations

I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York.