Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

Dance has been a big passion for me.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

I always loved to dance and move. I probably should have been a mime or something like that.

Dance is in my background.

I was always interested in choreography - in making people think and feel something.

Dance is a great way to express yourself.

It is entertainment; we mustn't forget that. Dance is entertainment. You can have the best technicians in the world, but they'll be boring to watch. It has to be about entertainment as well, but it's quality, grace.

When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.

I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

My first vocation was dance.

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn't know how else to get off, so I danced off. I've been dancing ever since, but I'm still a comedian.

Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable.

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.

I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.

Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.