Dance is low on the totem pole of the arts, because you're not left with a painting... a book that will stay there, a score you can read.

- Jerome Robbins

There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them.

- Jerome Robbins

I told you to sell it, not give it away.

- Jerome Robbins

Dance is like life. It exists as you are flitting through it, and when it's over, it's done.

- Jerome Robbins

We were all novices. We really were. We didn't know a goddamn thing about doing a show.

- Jerome Robbins

Give me something to dance about and I'll dance it.

- Jerome Robbins