Quotes About Anna Pavlova

#1. The only excuse for dancing is grace and beauty of movement.

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#2. To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.

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#3. The right to happiness is fundamental.

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#4. Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English.

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#5. Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.

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#6. It is by the steady elimination of everything which is ugly - thoughts and words no less than tangible objects - and by the substitution of things of true and lasting beauty that the whole progress of humanity proceeds.

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#7. It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

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#8. Play the last measure very softly.

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#9. Where there is no heart there is no art.

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#10. Rhythm is a fundamental fact of life, the key, indeed, to the universe.

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#11. What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

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#12. Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

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#13. When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

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#14. To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.

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#15. Nature is the greatest developer of art.

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#16. If I can not dance, I shall die!

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#17. If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.

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#18. The more you look back into English history, the more you are forced to the conclusion that alongside civility and the deeply held convictions about individual rights, the English have a natural taste for disorder.

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#19. If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.

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#20. Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

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#21. God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

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#22. I danced from the moment I could stand.

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#23. Get my swan costume ready.

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#24. To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.

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#25. Dancing is my gift and my life ... God gave me this gift to bring delight to others. I am haunted by the need to dance. It is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual. It is happiness.

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#26. Once upon a time the English knew who they were.

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#27. To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

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#28. Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

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#29. A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator.

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#30. Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

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