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! — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss… — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
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. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
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… — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble. — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
