Creative Quotations from Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-___

Creative Quotations from . . .

Mikhail Baryshnikov
(1948-____) born on Jan 28

Latvian-US ballet dancer. He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and '80s.

Acting is not my language at all.

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.

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.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	"In "Time," 19 May 1975."
A:	"In "Time," 19 May 1975."
N:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K:	"Recalled on Astaire's death; in "Newsweek," 6 Jul 1987."