Anna Pavlova Quotes

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 moment, but soon flits away.

— Anna Pavlova

“To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.”

— Anna Pavlova

“God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.”

— Anna Pavlova

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

— Anna Pavlova

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

— Anna Pavlova

“The right to happiness is fundamental.”

— Anna Pavlova

“Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.”

— Anna Pavlova

“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.”

— Anna Pavlova

“Where there is no heart there is no art.”

— Anna Pavlova

“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 rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.”

— Anna Pavlova

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.

— Anna Pavlova

“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.”

— Anna Pavlova

“It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.”

— Anna Pavlova

“If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.”

— Anna Pavlova

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

— Anna Pavlova

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

— Anna Pavlova

“A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator.”

— Anna Pavlova

“If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.”

— Anna Pavlova

I danced from the moment I could stand.

— Anna Pavlova

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.

— Anna Pavlova

“Get my swan costume ready.”

— Anna Pavlova

“Play the last measure very softly.”

— Anna Pavlova

“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.”

— Anna Pavlova

To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.

— Anna Pavlova

“Once upon a time the English knew who they were.”

— Anna Pavlova

If I can not dance, I shall die!

— Anna Pavlova

“Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English.”

— Anna Pavlova