Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes and sayings page 4 (76 year old dancer). Here's quote # 31 through 40 out of the 95 we have for him.
“Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.”
“No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it.”
“I like to make my own mistakes.”
“I was always interested in photography and other forms of art.”
“My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.”
“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.”
“Your heart is very much connected to your mind.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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