When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

- 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…

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interestin…

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to …

- 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…

- Mikhail Baryshnikov