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: Unexpurgated Edition

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

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

“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: Unexpurgated Edition

“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: Unexpurgated Edition

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

“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: Unexpurgated Edition

“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: Unexpurgated Edition

“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: Unexpurgated Edition