Anna Pavlova Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Get my swan costume ready.

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.

To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.

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

If I could have said it, I shouldn’t have had to dance it.

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.

If I can not dance, I shall die!