The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know. — 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, and there's an informative, clear image of a dancer. This is, in my view, not an interesting photograph. — 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
