Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You invest into the future, and that's how young people become human in best sense of it - through the great experience… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during the kind… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
