No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
AGNES DE MILLENo white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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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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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
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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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Destiny is made known silently.
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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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We can’t stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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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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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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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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I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.
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My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I’d like to know.
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