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" I fell in love with New York. "
Mikhail Baryshnikov
New York
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" I am teaching more. That is what I do best. "
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" I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient. "
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" I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived. "
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" Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity. "
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" I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. "
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" You open a section of 'The New York Times,' and there's a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer, and there's an informative, clear image of a dancer. This is, in my view, not an interesting photograph. "
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" I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. "
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" Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. "
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" When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. "
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" I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads. "
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" Dance is one of the most revealing art forms. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. "
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" 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. "
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" The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. "
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" I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience. "
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" 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. "
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" My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. "
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" I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out. "
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" We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography. "
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" 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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" I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. "
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" I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. "
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" 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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" 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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" I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts. "
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