The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind.
AGNES DE MILLEI think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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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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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The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
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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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I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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Tolstoi’s scripts are almost indecipherable.
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Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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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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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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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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