Quotes of Mikhail Baryshnikov

“ When a dancer comes on stage, he is not just a blank slate… Behind him he has all the decisions he has made in life… You are looking at the person he is, the person who, at this point, he cannot help but be… Exceptional dancers, in my experience, are also exceptional people… people with an attitude toward life, a kind of quest… They know who they are and they show this to you, willingly. ”

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Inspirational

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Choreography

“ The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ”

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Craft

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Dancing

“ I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ”

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Dancing

“ I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ”

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Dancer

“ I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ”

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Entertainer

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

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Entertainer

“ I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. ”

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Engrossed

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

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Expectant

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Encouragement

“ The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ”

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Essence

“ I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. ”

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Entreat

“ Working is living to me. ”

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Existing

“ I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. ”

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Fabric

“ I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. ”

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Fortunate

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Flickering

“ To walk across the street is a risk. ”

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Gamble

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

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Hopeful

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Impulse

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Inducement

“ Working is living to me. ”

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Lively

“ I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing. ”

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Likeness

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Motivation

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

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Naked

“ Dancing is my obsession. My life. ”

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Obsession

“ I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. ”

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Proportion

“ To walk across the street is a risk. ”

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Promenade

“ I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. ”

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Plead

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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Quotes of Mikhail Baryshnikov - somelinesforyou

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

“ The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ”

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

“ I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ”

“ I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ”

“ I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ”

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

“ I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. ”

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

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

“ The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ”

“ I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. ”

“ Working is living to me. ”

“ I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. ”

“ I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. ”

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

“ To walk across the street is a risk. ”

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

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

“ Working is living to me. ”

“ I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing. ”

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”

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

“ Dancing is my obsession. My life. ”

“ I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. ”

“ To walk across the street is a risk. ”

“ I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. ”

“ I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. ”