Anna Pavlova Quotes

Anna Pavlova — Russian Dancer born on January 31, 1882, died on January 23, 1931

Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (Russian: Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова; February 12 1881 – January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world... (wikipedia)

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

Anna Pavlova Quotes

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