106 Quotes by Sylvie Guillem

There are things I cannot do, costumes I cannot wear. When I have taken stands on things, it is because I have thought carefully about them.

Walking in the mountains helps me unwind, but it also reminds me in a painful way that the real beauty in life is nature and animals, and that the human race, in all its arrogance, is intent on destroying it.

Choreographers tend to treat ballet dancers like kids they can manipulate.

I never dreamt of becoming a ballerina. I was just curious about it, it was something to explore.

If I do not feel comfortable, I will not look comfortable.

At the Paris Opera Ballet, they were always making choices for me.

Dancers should realise that they are really lucky. Dancing is not a job. It's people who are chosen. And you must realise that you are chosen. Sometimes I see a performance that makes me really angry - I think, 'Those people are lucky, and they don't realise it.'

My mother really pushed me when I was young. I didn't want to go to dance classes, but for some reason, when I was there, I didn't want to come back.

I could have done a lot of things on TV, but I don't want to be recognised in the street. I'm not ready to feel that sort of embarrassment.