Rudolf Nureyev Professions : Ballet Dancer Born : March 17, 1938 Died : January 6, 1993 Browse All Authors Top 18 quotes by 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 class for three days, the audience knows it. Rudolf Nureyev dance class teacher You live as long as you dance. Rudolf Nureyev long For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind. Rudolf Nureyev movement expression mind What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have. Rudolf Nureyev intelligence nature art Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. Rudolf Nureyev dance running motivational A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb? Rudolf Nureyev ballet dance dumb 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 dancing dance body We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her. Rudolf Nureyev dance body soul 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 angle different dancing There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance. Rudolf Nureyev dance age motivational As long as my ballets are danced, I will live. Rudolf Nureyev long 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 ballet here-i-am believe The only critic is a full house. Rudolf Nureyev full-house critics house Of course I have a personal life. Rudolf Nureyev personal-life courses I’m really alive when I’m on stage. Rudolf Nureyev stage alive I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble. Rudolf Nureyev ifs 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 an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together. Rudolf Nureyev myself me beautiful love My feet are dogs. Rudolf Nureyev dogs feet Similar Authors Angel Corella ballet-dancer Allegra Kent ballet-dancer Gillian Murphy ballet-dancer Galina Ulanova ballet-dancer Fernando Bujones ballet-dancer Ludmilla Chiriaeff ballet-dancer All Authors
