Natalia Makarova

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

— Natalia Makarova

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world,

— Natalia Makarova

It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart…

— Natalia Makarova

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

— Natalia Makarova

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

— Natalia Makarova

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just…

— Natalia Makarova

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

— Natalia Makarova

The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should…

— Natalia Makarova

I think often that God is guiding me.

— Natalia Makarova

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical -…

— Natalia Makarova

I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.

— Natalia Makarova

I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern…

— Natalia Makarova

Even the ears must dance.

— Natalia Makarova

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm…

— Natalia Makarova

All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

— Natalia Makarova

Being spontaneous, it’s what saved me,

— Natalia Makarova

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.

— Natalia Makarova

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

— Natalia Makarova

What I am looking for is a masterpiece. I don't want to waste my time. I am tired of experiments.

— Natalia Makarova

I want to be free... free to develop my art.

— Natalia Makarova

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they dont take criticism easily.

— Natalia Makarova

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

— Natalia Makarova

I was born to be a ballerina - my physique, my spirit, my feeling for music. What I am can only be…

— Natalia Makarova

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental…

— Natalia Makarova

It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

— Natalia Makarova