Natalia Makarova Quotes

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

Time, Tomorrow, Boring

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

Music, Reading, Ballet

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

Life, Important, Happen

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
Natalia Makarova

Today, Simple, Give

Even the ears must dance.
Natalia Makarova

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
Natalia Makarova

Knowledge, Keep, Secrets

I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
Natalia Makarova

Crisis, Sorry, Hard

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

Learn, Word, Insatiable

I think often that God is guiding me.
Natalia Makarova

God, Often, Guiding

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

Travel, Mother, Gypsy

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

Life, Hard, Again

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.
Natalia Makarova

Done, Perfect, Sometimes

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
Natalia Makarova

Thought, Succeed, Percent

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
Natalia Makarova

Tell, Endurance, Happened

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 - but double or triple pirouettes.
Natalia Makarova

Black, Getting, Goodness

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

Same, Cannot, Dance

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Dancer

Born: October 21, 1940

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