When I was very young I was very shy but at the same time I was very open cause I was very curious so I wanted to try many things.

- Sylvie Guillem

Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of the dancer.

- Sylvie Guillem

Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do.

- Sylvie Guillem

No, dance is not a monster. The stage is monstrous, not in the negative sense but on the grandiose side. And dance is sacred as something emotionally…

- Sylvie Guillem

My body is very nice to me. I have a lucky physique - I just don't take weight on.

- Sylvie Guillem

I just know that when I go onstage, I give everything I have, not only my feet, not only my legs, not only my body. I try to tell a story. Sometimes …

- Sylvie Guillem

Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do. I have always been full of contradictions. I am shy but I love the freedom of the …

- Sylvie Guillem