"I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft"
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The repetition is the tell. “I grew up... I grew up...” reads like testimony, a rhythmic insistence meant to drown out the old narrative that models are discovered, not made. “Studying” gives her intellect; “honing” gives her edge. Craft is a word usually reserved for artists and athletes, and she’s deliberately crossing those wires to demand seriousness. It’s also a subtle flex against the industry’s disposability: if modeling is craft, then the model is not a coat hanger but a worker with technique and standards.
Context matters: Dickinson’s persona has long been built on being the loud truth-teller of fashion’s backstage. Here, she’s doing something more strategic than confessional. She’s claiming lineage. Ballet becomes her receipt, proof that what looks effortless was engineered, and that glamour, like choreography, is designed to hide the strain.
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Dickinson, Janice. (2026, January 17). I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-grew-up-studying-ballet-i-grew-up-honing-my-80064/
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Dickinson, Janice. "I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-grew-up-studying-ballet-i-grew-up-honing-my-80064/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-grew-up-studying-ballet-i-grew-up-honing-my-80064/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.


