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Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people. It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts. I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered. Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure. The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure. I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself. I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people. I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I fell in love with New York. I fell in love with New York.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him. Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself. I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing. You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular. He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable. My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I don't see in myself any perfection. I don't see in myself any perfection.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I cannot stand authority. I cannot stand authority.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dancers are made, not born. Dancers are made, not born.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I am teaching more. That is what I do best. I am teaching more. That is what I do best.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. I was always interested in photography and other forms of art.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived. I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope. In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people. I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing. I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not. I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out. I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already. Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity. Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing. To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people. I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life. Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis. The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly. In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver. I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated. In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I have the life of seven cats. I have the life of seven cats.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I'm a product of Russian culture, but I never felt it was my country. I'm a product of Russian culture, but I never felt it was my country.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible. Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Working is living to me. Working is living to me.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: People dance at any age. People dance at any age.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud. Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I'm a news junkie. I'm a news junkie.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes. You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance. You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dance is one of the most revealing art forms. Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads. I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater. Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights. Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?' Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Running a company is pretty demanding. Running a company is pretty demanding.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint. When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt. It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care. I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back. I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I like to make my own mistakes. I like to make my own mistakes.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind. Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company. It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Nobody is born a dancer. Nobody is born a dancer.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta. I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I - you know, I'm not an actor. I - you know, I'm not an actor.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying. I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I don't want to do anything Freudian. I don't want to do anything Freudian.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Dancing is my obsession. My life. Dancing is my obsession. My life.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I am not the first straight dancer or the last. I am not the first straight dancer or the last.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun. Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Acting is not my language at all. Acting is not my language at all.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom. We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: What people will do to get away from boredom! What people will do to get away from boredom!
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training. I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I've been hurt quite a few times. I've been hurt quite a few times.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time! I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: Your heart is very much connected to your mind. Your heart is very much connected to your mind.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans. I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: You don't measure life by receiving awards. You don't measure life by receiving awards.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: I have made mistakes. I have made mistakes.
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes: To walk across the street is a risk. To walk across the street is a risk.

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