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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/the-main-thing-is-dancing-and-before-it-withers-away-from-my-body-i/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

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## More by Rudolf Nureyev

> [The only critic is a full house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/the-only-critic-is-a-full-house/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/when-i-miss-class-for-one-day-i-know-it-when-i-miss-class-for-two/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/the-main-thing-is-dancing-and-before-it-withers-away-from-my-body-i/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/i-approach-dancing-from-a-different-angle-than-those-who-begin/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [My feet are dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/my-feet-are-dogs/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/technique-is-what-you-fall-back-on-when-you-run-out-of-inspiration/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [As long as my ballets are danced, I will live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/as-long-as-my-ballets-are-danced-i-will-live/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [Of course I have a personal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/of-course-i-have-a-personal-life/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [I’m really alive when I’m on stage,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/i-m-really-alive-when-i-m-on-stage/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/for-me-purity-of-movement-wasn-t-enough-i-needed-expression-more/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/we-danced-with-one-body-one-soul-for-me-margot-is-my-family-she-is/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/i-don-t-care-if-margot-is-a-dame-of-the-british-empire-or-older-than/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/what-is-art-it-is-not-just-nature-it-is-nurtured-nature-it-is/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/there-was-simply-from-this-quite-early-age-the-awareness-that-the/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

> [I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-nureyev/i-really-have-to-dance-more-often-and-so-i-travel-around-if-i-don-t-i/)

[Rudolf Nureyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-nureyev/)

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