The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky Quotes

“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, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“I am not crying, but have tears in my heart.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“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, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“They are stupid, they are beasts, they are meat, they are death. I am talking simply but without any affectation.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“Diaghilev thinks I have died for the art. I am more alive than ever.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“I am a man in death. I am not God. I am not man. I am a beast and a predator. I want to make love to prostitutes. I want to live like an unnecessary man.
I know that God wants this, and therefore I will live that way. I will live that way until He stops me. I will gamble on the Stock Exchange because I want to do so at other people's expense. I am an evil man. I do not love anyone. I wish harm to everyone and good to myself. I am an egoist. I am not God. I am a beast, a predator. I will practice masturbation and spiritualism. I will eat everyone I can get hold of. I will stop at nothing. I will make love to my wife's mother and my child. I will weep, but I will do everything God commands me to. I know that everyone will be afraid of me and will commit me to a lunatic asylum. But I don't care. I am not afraid of anything. I want death. I will blow my brains out if God wants it.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“I stayed with my wife's mother during the war. I understood the war because I fought with my wife's mother.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“Je ne suis pas un singe. Je suis un homme. Le monde descend de Dieu. L'homme vient de Dieu. Il est impossible aux hommes de comprendre Dieu. Dieu comprend Dieu. L'homme est Dieu, c'est pourquoi il comprend Dieu. Je suis Dieu. Je suis un homme. Je suis bon, et pas une bête. Je suis un animal doué de raison. J'ai une chair. Je suis la chair. Je ne descends pas de la chair. La chair descend de Dieu. Je suis Dieu. Je suis Dieu. Je suis Dieu...”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

“I know many people will say, "What kind of God orders you to do everything you do? You are deceiving us. You are a primitive man, quite uncivilized." I know all these objections. I will answer them simply. I am man's firstborn, with God's culture and not an animal's.”
― Vaslav Nijinsky, The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky