Rudolf Nureyev Quotes

Of course I have a personal life.

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

The only critic is a full house.

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

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.

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