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" I cannot draw to save my life, and I'm not a big art scholar, but I worked with many designers throughout my career - in theater, in dance, costume designers, set designers, and I have a lot of artist friends and I do photography, and I think it's kind of in my life. "

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" I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked. "

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" I cannot stand authority. "

" In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket. "

" Working is living to me. "

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" I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people. "

" You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing. "

" I fell in love with New York. "

" The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know. "

" I like to make my own mistakes. "

" I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. "

" I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people. "

" To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing. "

" I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself. "

" Everything I do, it's a bit painterly. I like being surrounded by objects, mostly on paper. I like the images. I like the painting. I like good photography. It's something that makes me an emotional connection, and I feel comfortable around it. "

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

" I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people. "

" No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it. "

" Film, theater and television always kind of scared me. I don't ever seriously think of myself as an actor at all, and I don't plan any film career or television career. "

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" Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered. "

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

" Running a company is pretty demanding. "

" Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. "

" I am not the first straight dancer or the last. "

" Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him. "

" Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind. "

" Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then. "

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

" I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver. "

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