Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Divinity of art, it's such a mystery. How to convince people that no matter how much money you can spend on education and art education especially, that it implants, it directs a young person for the rest of their lives, and always in the most humane and positive and dignified manner.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Art, People, Divinity

• 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.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Country, Art, Socialist Countries

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

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Beauty, Country, Art

• People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Art, Children, Selfish

• Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Art, Momentum, Fleeting

• 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.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Mother, Art, Memories

• 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.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Art, New York, Thinking

  "'I Hate Authority – I Like to Make My Own Mistakes'". Interview with Ismene Brown, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 09, 2004.

• Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Art, Form, Revealing

  "Baryshnikov shows his dance photography in Miami". Interview with Jennifer Kay, www.boston.com. February 23, 2012.

• A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt that one day I will open my mouth on stage.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Art, Powerful, One Day

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