Maria Karnilova Quotes

My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to the ballet.

Maria Karnilova

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• My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to the ballet.

  

  Maria Karnilova
  • Mother
  • English
  • Ballet