“There comes a moment in a young artist’s life when he know she has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.”
"Dance for me a minute, and I’ll tell you who you are."
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
Self-awareness
"Dancers are made, not born."
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
Personal Growth
"The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep."
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
Creativity
"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business."
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ambition
"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
Joy
"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Personal Growth
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
- Paulo Coelho
Personal Growth
"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."
- Clayton M. Christensen
Personal Growth
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
- Arianna Huffington
Personal Growth
"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."
- Mark Twain
Personal Growth