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It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I fell in love with New York. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I don't see in myself any perfection. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I cannot stand authority. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dancers are made, not born. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am teaching more. That is what I do best. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov. — Shaquille O'Neal

Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Working is living to me. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm a news junkie. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

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

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I have the life of seven cats. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm a product of Russian culture, but I never felt it was my country. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

People dance at any age. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I like to make my own mistakes. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov. — Marcus Samuelsson

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

Nobody is born a dancer. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I - you know, I'm not an actor. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

I don't want to do anything Freudian. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dancing is my obsession. My life. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am not the first straight dancer or the last. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Acting is not my language at all. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

What people will do to get away from boredom! — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I've been hurt quite a few times. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Your heart is very much connected to your mind. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

You don't measure life by receiving awards. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I have made mistakes. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

To walk across the street is a risk. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Running a company is pretty demanding. — Mikhail Baryshnikov