What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I cannot draw to save my life, and I'm not a big art scholar, but I worked with many designers throughout my… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing… — 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
No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You open a section of 'The New York Times,' and there's a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You cannot dance physically certain things. But look at tango dancers or flamenco or Japanese classical theater. You can, if you're smart… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — 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
