Rudolf Nureyev Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss class for three days, the audience knows it.”
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“Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.”
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“We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.”
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“A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?”
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“The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.”
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“What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.”
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“As long as my ballets are danced, I will live”
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“I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything.”
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“I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.”
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“For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.”
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“I am still on stage. If you read Press...you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it and DOING IT WELL!”
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“There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.”
-- Rudolf Nureyev
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