Justin Peck

I like graceful and elegant partnering that gives an illusion of ease instead of emphasizing difficulty. I don't want to make something 'contemporary' or 'trendy,' because ballet doesn't progress on one track: it can branch out in many directions, and as Balanchine showed, there's always room for pure classicism and more subtle alterations of it.

American Dancer

Peter Sarsgaard

You want to do something, you want to have the bravery to do something original. And there will always be people who are like, the classicists who are like, 'No, but it's got to have this.' In life, there are people like that attached to every single thing that there is. These are the same people that are like, still playing vinyl.

American Actor

David Chipperfield

It's unfortunate that a certain type of stripped-down classicism became the in-house architectural language for 20th-century fascism. Can an architectural language recover from such an association? Yes, I think it can, because in the end what you're talking about is a column and beam.

British Architect

Leon Krier

If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right.

Luxembourger Architect

Steve Erickson

Redford always has been a cool presence both before and behind the camera. His best movie as a filmmaker, 1994's 'Quiz Show,' exhibits a classicism verging on self-repression, and the social indignation in many of his films engages more than moves you.

American Novelist

Adrienne Mayor

Many scholars are not used to perceiving natural knowledge expressed in mythological language. If the study of fossils was not mentioned by Aristotle or Thucydides, and it wasn't, then it just didn't exist for many classicists and ancient historians.

American Historian

John Hillcoat

There are so many tricks and so much eye candy in cinema. What I love about the classicism of genre is that there's a discipline. I think it's a healthy thing to resist all that candy.

Australian Director

Anton Rubinstein

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

Russian Musician

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.

American Architect

Mary Beard

I'm actually in a tradition of classicists with a big public face who like sounding off.

Classicism often refers to qualities valued in Ancient Greek and Roman society.

Ancient Influence

Classicism reemerged during the Renaissance, sparking appreciation for antiquity.

Renaissance Connection

Remember classicism isn't just a style; it's a movement encompassing several art forms.

Cultural Movement

Classicism is seen as timeless and enduring, often contrasting with trendy modern designs.

Timeless Appeal

Classicism can incorporate modern elements while maintaining traditional aesthetics.

Subtle Modernity

In literature, classicism refers to embracing styles from classic literary works.

Literary Classicism

Classicism in music often indicates a preference for structured and balanced compositions.

Musical Traditions

 not directly quoting. And I think we really needed to regain a sense of order, find our coordinate, a sense of home. And like after World War I, a lot of European artists went back into classicism,