Occupation: Ballerina Birth: February 12, 1881 Death: January 23, 1931
When a small child... I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong..
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work..
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 ….
Master technique and then forget about it and be natural..
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 ….
Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English..
To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success..
A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator..
If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it..
If I can not dance, I shall die!.
Once upon a time the English knew who they were..
If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead..
Where there is no heart there is no art..
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….
Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual.
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 ra….
Get my swan costume ready..
It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body..
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..
Play the last measure very softly..
The right to happiness is fundamental..