No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
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 Image
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Behind him he has… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect.… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. — 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 Image
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 Image
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
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 Image
