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.

I danced from the moment I could stand.

Get my swan costume ready.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

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.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

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