Quotes by Mikhail Baryshnikov

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something out.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
People dance at any age.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
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