Vaslav Nijinsky Quotes

#1. I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain. They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb.

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#2. People have nothing to do and therefore they interfere with the life of others. I dont want to interfere with the life of others.

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#3. I danced frightening things. They were frightened of me and therefore thought that I wanted to kill them. I did not want to kill anyone. I loved everyone, but no one loved me, and therefore I became nervous.

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#4. I am not crying, but have tears in my heart.

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#5. My madness is my love towards mankind.

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#6. They are stupid, they are beasts, they are meat, they are death. I am talking simply but without any affectation.

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#7. People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.

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#8. I am afraid of people because they want me to lead the same kind of life as they do. They want me to dance jolly and cheerful things. I do not like jollity. I love life.

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