Culture Quotes by Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Working is living to me.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

You don't measure life by receiving awards.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

— 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

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

Running a company is pretty demanding.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

I - you know, I'm not an actor.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov