Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)
Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes and sayings page 5 (76 year old dancer). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 95 we have for him.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”
“People dance at any age.”
“A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.”
“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?'”
“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.”
“I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.”
“In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.”
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