Rudolf Nureyev Quotes

I danced modern dance my whole life, and it makes me feel young again.

I have always followed my passion to dance religiously. And that keeps me agile and youthful at heart.

To dance is to live. What I want is a school of life.

People dance at any age.

What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

I want to dance. I want to live.

There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.

To dance is to live!

People need to dance. I'd say dance at least twice a day. That's how to get your energy up and how you keep you revolutionary spirit going. It's Emma Goldman who said, "Any revolution where I can't dance is not my revolution." I think that's the revolution we want.

This dance is the joy of existence.

Running opened up something beautiful in my life. I try to send the energy all over my body. I love the feeling of it.

I think dance is amazing because what people don't realize is like when you dance your spirit and your soul get ignited. You're not only releasing endorphins, but also your spirit is awakening. It makes you feel good and happy.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

I came out of the womb dancing.

Exercise is the fountain of youth, I believe.

I always want to run; I always want to play.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

"Dance," said the Sheep Man. "Yougottadance. Aslongasthemusicplays. Yougotta dance. Don'teventhinkwhy. Starttothink, yourfeetstop. Yourfeetstop, wegetstuck. Wegetstuck, you'restuck. Sodon'tpayanymind, nomatterhowdumb. Yougottakeepthestep. Yougottalimberup. Yougottaloosenwhatyoubolteddown. Yougottauseallyougot. Weknowyou're tired, tiredandscared. Happenstoeveryone, okay? Justdon'tletyourfeetstop."

If I can not dance, I shall die!

When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.

Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.

He lives most life whoever breathes most air.

There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us.

Our business is with life, not death.