Burlesque Quotes
"Basically, I'm the girl that your mother warned you about." - Dita Von Teese
"I wasn't naked. I was completely covered by a blue spotlight." - Gypsy Rose Lee
“I like the idea of being whoever I want to be.” - Dita Von Teese
"People love Burlesque today because it incorporates all the old-school glamour, satire and highlights the female form -- it's something that many women can actually see themselves doing." - Unknown
"It doesn't matter what size or shape you are. Burlesque is about feeling positive about who you are, about knowing how to shake what you have and being proud of it." - Unknown
“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” - Dita Von Teese
"There's an old joke that strippers work for money and Burlesque dancers work for applause. For many of them, it's not the way they make a living - they just do it because they like to do it." - Unknown
"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly . . . very slowly" - Gypsy Rose Lee
"The difference between Burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure" - Unknown