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Mikhail Baryshnikov
1948 • American • Dancer
62
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Collected Meditations
Showing 62 quotesI really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.— Mikhail Baryshnikov
It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.— Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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 remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.— Mikhail Baryshnikov
I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.— Mikhail Baryshnikov
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.— Mikhail Baryshnikov
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.— Mikhail Baryshnikov