101 Quotes by Sergei Polunin

When I left The Royal Ballet, I didn't have anybody to talk to.

I struggle to get the big companies to trust me, or be willing to work with me.

In the beginning, I was very passionate about it, I loved it. It wasn't until I actually reached the top that I became despondent. I felt like I was betrayed, betrayed by my family, my school. I felt very angry about the whole thing. You spend 12 hours a day, dancing, and then what?

I would have liked to behave badly, to play football. I loved sport. But all my family were working for me to succeed.

I thought about my future. In 10 years' time, I would be in the same position as when I started - the best dancer in the world, but still sharing a flat. You're an adult, but you live like a kid.

Art and war are opposites, so our goal as an artist is to build and create, not destroy.

If you just stay still and don't create, you die as an artist.

I was an artist, and I could create something, and that's what's stimulating.

I always wanted to become an artist who unites things.