What made my mind go free is that I wanted to become an artist. 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 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 I wake up and I do class straight away, so that gives me a free day to do things. Sergei Polunin wake-up class giving
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