We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the world, we have kitchens with the most gimmicks, we have houses with every possible electrical gadget to save ourselves all kinds of trouble – all so that we can have leisure. Leisure, leisure, leisure!
AGNES DE MILLEWho am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes.
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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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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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To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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Tolstoi’s scripts are almost indecipherable.
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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
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So 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.
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I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.
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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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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.
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So that we will miss nothing. Partly it’s greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do.
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