Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
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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I had had to learn the difference between the bearable fatigue and the unbearable, the fatigue of fear. The first can be cured by a night’s sleep; the second kills.
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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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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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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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From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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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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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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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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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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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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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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The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
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