Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes - page 2

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 get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. View quote
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People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. View quote
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You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing. View quote
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I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. View quote
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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. View quote
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The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. View quote
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Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun. View quote
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You ask me what's happened in my life, why and how I did this and that. And I think and tell, but it's never true story, because everything is so much more complicated, and also I can't even remember how things happened. Whole process is boring. Also false, but mostly boring. View quote
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My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't know the term. He was a total Stalinist. A bit with a streak of anti-Semitism and very shrewd man, a very kind of nervous man. View quote
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity. (Mikhail Baryshnikov)
I am teaching more. That is what I do best. View quote
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My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. View quote
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Nobody is born a dancer. View quote
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I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out. View quote
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I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived. View quote
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Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. View quote
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Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind. View quote
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Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?' View quote
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In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket. View quote
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You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes. (Mikhail Baryshnikov)
I cannot stand authority. View quote
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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. View quote
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People dance at any age. View quote
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When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. View quote
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