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I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
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?'
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
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.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
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.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
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.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
I cannot draw to save my life, and I'm not a big art scholar, but I worked with many designers throughout my career - in theater, in dance, costume designers, set designers, and I have a lot of artist friends and I do photography, and I think it's kind of in my life.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Film, theater and television always kind of scared me. I don't ever seriously think of myself as an actor at all, and I don't plan any film career or television career.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.
Quote by -Mikhail Baryshnikov
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
Quote by -Elton John
Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.
Quote by -Walker Percy
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”
Quote by -Marilyn Monroe