“The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1...” — Robert Gottlieb Quote

“The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina was Inna Zubkovskaya. The place was the old Met, on what must have been one of the hottest nights of the year, and there was no air-conditioning.”

“At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.”

“Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil.”

“I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.”

“I've always thought of modeling as a performance, so I don't mind kind of pretending. I kind of pretend in a lot of my poses that I am a ballerina or a hip-hop dancer or a grunge performer.”

“I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change.”