In the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque becomes a wing, and not a mechanical leverage like a raised trap door.
AGNES DE MILLESo that we don’t go mad in the leisure, we have color TV. So that there will never, never, be a moment of silence, we have radio and Muzak.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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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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Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can’t do it without that passion.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
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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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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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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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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 practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.
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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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I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.
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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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