People thought I had no feelings, that I was hard. But really, I was extremely sensitive to everything. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
When you start, you have no brain; you are a kid. It’s fine. But then I started to be scared. I was scared of judgment – not as a dancer, but as a person – and I was really uncomfortable with people. And it lasted for a very long time. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
A drop of water can’t stop a fire alone. But a drop of water, plus another one, plus another one, then you have the rain, and the rain can stop the fire. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
There’s a picture of me as a little girl, and I’m waiting to go onstage, and I am biting the last bit of nail I have left on my finger. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it’s a lot of pressure, and it’s always adding up. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
I think it’s going to be the most difficult thing to do, to leave the stage. But if you have no lucidity about it, it’s even worse because you don’t see the negative side of you still being onstage. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
The Palais Garnier was part of my childhood, my pseudo-adolescence, my life. Sylvie Guillem Read Quote
