It was a great misfortune that Diaghilev, who had fully realised his friend's [Nijinsky's] significance and value as an artist, should have over-estimated his intellect. Diaghilev imagined that he could make that fantastic being, who did not belong to this world and who understood nothing of life, into an active creator.
Reminiscences of the Russian Ballet by Alexandre Benois. 1941. Page 290.
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