My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I’d like to know.
AGNES DE MILLEFrom this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
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The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind.
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Emily Dickinson provided four or more alternates for every word; Beethoven wrestled with endings to the point of exhaustion; in our day Jerome Robbins and his lack of decision are a byword in the dance profession.
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To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
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Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
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The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.
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One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
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If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs – don’t pay any attention to its politicians.
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But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage.
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The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
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I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises.
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