great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions.
AGNES DE MILLEBut 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.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
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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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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
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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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We can’t stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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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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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one’s feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.
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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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Tolstoi’s scripts are almost indecipherable.
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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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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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