Vaslav Nijinsky Quotes

• I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain. They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Death, Children, Pain

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I am afraid of people because they want me to lead the same kind of life as they do. They want me to dance jolly and cheerful things. I do not like jollity. I love life.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Love Life, People, Cheerful

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• I have come to the conclusion that it is better to be silent than to speak.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Dance, Speak, Silent

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• I am not crying, but have tears in my heart.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Heart, Tears, Cry

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I am not an ape, I am a man. The world has been created by God. Man has been created by God. It is not possible for man to understand God - God understands God. Man is God and therefore understands God. I am God. I am a man. I am good and not a beast. I am an animal with reason. I have flesh, I *am* flesh, I am not descended from flesh. Flesh is created by God. I am God. I am God. I am God.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Animal, Men, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I danced frightening things. They were frightened of me and therefore thought that I wanted to kill them. I did not want to kill anyone. I loved everyone, but no one loved me, and therefore I became nervous.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Want, Nervous, One Love

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  People, Mad, Leave Me Alone

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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