Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably and probably I am not. But go through your daily routine with hope you will be a little better in all respects, and do something meaningful
Mikhail BaryshnikovWe're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.
Mikhail BaryshnikovI never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.
Mikhail BaryshnikovPeople of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
Mikhail BaryshnikovWe 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.
Mikhail Baryshnikov