It's important not to do it at the end of your career but at your peak. Sergei Polunin More Quotes by Sergei Polunin More Quotes From Sergei Polunin People are going to think what they want to think. I let them. You can’t control perception. It’s a losing game so I don’t play. I let them lose; lose themselves in their own fantasies of what they want me to be. A rebel, an angel, a romantic, a heart breaker, a boy, a man. Perhaps I am all of those things. Perhaps I’m none. But what I am is for me to find out, not to be dictated to me. It’s for me to know. Sergei Polunin angel heart boys I normally don't regret. I enjoy everything, even if it's bad or good. Sergei Polunin dont-regret enjoy regret Just let me live my life. Sergei Polunin let-me living-my-life I wish I could have built without destroying things. Sergei Polunin destroying-things destroying wish If you open yourself as an artist, as a human being to this experience of growing, you grow anyway. Sergei Polunin growing grows artist Not many people understand that, but if you open yourself to listening - you don't even have to exercise - you get better with time. Sergei Polunin listening exercise people What made my mind go free is that I wanted to become an artist. Sergei Polunin artist made mind Artists are kids. I feel like I'm six years old. Sergei Polunin artist kids years I feel like I'm getting stronger and stronger, and I don't practice as much as I used to. Sergei Polunin stronger used practice As soon as I said to myself, "Oh I'm not a dancer; I'm not an actor," it made me so free to do anything. It made me free to not rush, to not be scared of things and say, "Oh, I have no time," or, "I'm not going to make this or that." Sergei Polunin dancer scared actors I can one day do dance, and the next maybe do a movie, and then maybe I can choreograph, or work with different photographers for fashion shoots, or different art forms. You're never stuck. You're going at a different level. You're sucking in things, rather than closing. You're trying things out. Sergei Polunin fashion trying art As an artist, you have a choice. That gave me the freedom to do what I want to. Sergei Polunin choices artist want I wish I could, instead of destroying things like that, I wish I could build, build, build. Sergei Polunin destroying-things destroying wish I could only destroy to build. Sergei Polunin Now I want to become an artist, rather than one thing, like a dancer, or a movie star, or a choreographer. Sergei Polunin dancer stars artist The action heroes were very cool as a kid. You would compare yourself with them - Jean-Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sergei Polunin hero action kids I was very, very inspired [by movies]. Sergei Polunin very-inspired inspired I feel like I'm a kid again. Sergei Polunin feels kids I realized what an artist is and what it is to be an artist. Sergei Polunin i-realized artist Fashion was very important to me because I could practice my acting skills, I could practice working with the camera, I could work with amazing photographers. It just gave me a different field of work. Sergei Polunin fashion skills practice