Alicia Markova Professions : Ballerina Born : December 1, 1910 Died : December 2, 2004 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Alicia Markova A ballerina's life can be glorious. But it does not get any easier. I don't think anyone must ever think about it getting easier. Alicia Markova ballerina doe thinking Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. but to move an audience in such a role, to hear in the applause that unmistakable note which breaks through good theatre manners and comes from the heart, is to feel that you have won through to life itself. Such pleasure does not vanish with the fall of the curtain, but becomes part of one's own life. Alicia Markova dance fall moving My dressing table was willed to me, with some of my furniture. Alicia Markova dressings furniture tables Similar Authors Alicia Alonso ballerina Anna Pavlova ballerina Alla Osipenko ballerina Darcey Bussell ballerina Gelsey Kirkland ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska ballerina All Authors