You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way..

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains..

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they dont take criticism easily..

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world..

Even the ears must dance..

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed..

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow..

Being spontaneous, it's what saved me..

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - ….

The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to….

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they….

I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me..

I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation..

It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as direct a language as does music..

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things..

I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother..

I was born to be a ballerina - my physique, my spirit, my feeling for music. What I am can only be expressed in dance. I am an erotic woman and that'….

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality..

All of the very important events in my life happen by chance..

What I am looking for is a masterpiece. I don't want to waste my time. I am tired of experiments..

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again..