Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
Top 97 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
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.
Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.
My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.
When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.
In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope.
I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.
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 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 get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
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.
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.
The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.
I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver.
Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.
Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
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.
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.
You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.
You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.
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 don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.
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?'
It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
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.
Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a 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.
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 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 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!