Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Try, Else, Dance

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Education, Art, Government

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Enough, Dancers, Stripped

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Business, Another, Watch

Dancing is my obsession. My life.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life, Obsession, Dancing

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Successful, Important, Public

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Last, Straight, Dancer

I 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

Best, Second, Says

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Art, Experience, Selfish

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Work, Family, Happy

I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Waiting, Else, Everybody

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Injuries, Smarter

Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Him, Animal, Sexual

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Great, Stupidity, Together

I cannot stand authority.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Cannot, Stand, Authority

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

Rather, Office, Box

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life, Second, Stuff

To walk across the street is a risk.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Walk, Risk, Street

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

Become, Start, Everyday

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Thinking, Achieve, Dancing

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.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Hate, Bad, Learned

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?'
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life, Stage, Played

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life, Another, Chance

I - you know, I'm not an actor.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Trying, Cannot, Full

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Dancer

Born: January 27, 1948

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