Rudolf Nureyev

The only critic is a full house.

— Rudolf Nureyev

When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When…

— Rudolf Nureyev

The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the…

— Rudolf Nureyev

I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the…

— Rudolf Nureyev

My feet are dogs.

— Rudolf Nureyev

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

— Rudolf Nureyev

As long as my ballets are danced, I will live.

— Rudolf Nureyev

Of course I have a personal life.

— Rudolf Nureyev

I’m really alive when I’m on stage,

— Rudolf Nureyev

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.

— Rudolf Nureyev

We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.

— 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;…

— Rudolf Nureyev

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

— Rudolf Nureyev

There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.

— Rudolf Nureyev

I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.

— Rudolf Nureyev

You live as long as you dance.

— Rudolf Nureyev

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

— Rudolf Nureyev

I am still on stage. If you read Press...you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it…

— Rudolf Nureyev