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I never liked dance photograp...

I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I spend at least a couple hou...

I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

My life has been immensely en...

My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

The body cannot lie. You cann...

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.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

You open a section of 'The Ne...

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.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

We lived, until I was 12 or s...

We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

When I'm alone, I work someti...

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I was always interested in ph...

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

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

Everything I do, it's a bit p...

Everything I do, it's a bit painterly. I like being surrounded by objects, mostly on paper. I like the images. I like the painting. I like good photography. It's something that makes me an emotional connection, and I feel comfortable around it.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I've always said, 'I am a sel...

I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I adored my mother, and I wil...

I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

Nothing is ever too expensive...

Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I'm a news junkie. ...

I'm a news junkie.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I fell in love with New York....

I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

Dances have a second and thir...

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

Soviet regime in a way depriv...

Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

Dance is one of the most reve...

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I do not try to dance better ...

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

To walk across the street is ...

To walk across the street is a risk.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

I think art education, especi...

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

Michail Baryshnikov 30 quotes

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