"Ballet is not a self-supporting art anywhere in the world. It has to be sponsored. A person like my ballet teacher, who was devoted to the art of ballet, of course would not have the ability to raise funds." 

(Guadalupe Martínez Desfassiaux Serrano, conosciuta come Lupe Serrano, prima ballerina dell'American Ballet Theatre dal 1953 al 1971; Santiago del Cile, 7 dicembre 1930 – Syosset, 16 gennaio 2023)