Anna Pavlova

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

Anna Pavlova

I danced from the moment I could stand.

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

Rhythm is a fundamental fact of life, the key, indeed, to the universe.

Anna Pavlova

The right to happiness is fundamental.

Anna Pavlova

Where there is no heart there is no art.

Anna Pavlova

If I can not dance, I shall die!

Anna Pavlova

If I can’t dance then I’d rather be dead.

Anna Pavlova

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

Anna Pavlova

Once upon a time the English knew who they were.

Anna Pavlova