Top 20 Quotes by Natalia Makarova

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.

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

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.

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.

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

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

I want to be free... free to develop my art.

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

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.