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 Read Quote
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. Mikhail Baryshnikov Read Quote
I never liked dance photography; it’s very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived. Mikhail Baryshnikov Read Quote
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. Mikhail Baryshnikov Read Quote
The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis. Mikhail Baryshnikov Read Quote
I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It’s great. If you start somebody’s career, it’s so exciting. Mikhail Baryshnikov Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people. Mikhail Baryshnikov Read Quote