“For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.”
“Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.”
“The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.”
“You live because you dance, you dance as long as you live.”
“I would be ready to take over tomorrow. But first of all, all fat and lazy members of the troupe would have to be thrown out.”
“Musicals gave the U.S. an ethnic culture that undoubtedly influenced ballet.”
“I think dancers are paid not for what they do, but for the fear they feel. What you do is probably not that difficult: you just get on stage. It is, however, fear that gives you the push.”
“It is always thought that he gave more than what he received, but to give something, you must have something inside.”
“Everyone would like to be the greatest, but God cannot bestow that honor on everyone.”
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