Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
AGNES DE MILLEBallet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
AGNES DE MILLEWhat have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
AGNES DE MILLEThe creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
AGNES DE MILLEDancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
AGNES DE MILLEMany other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
AGNES DE MILLEWhat they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.
AGNES DE MILLENo white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
AGNES DE MILLEIn the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque becomes a wing, and not a mechanical leverage like a raised trap door.
AGNES DE MILLEThe truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
AGNES DE MILLEWhen I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
AGNES DE MILLEThen I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
AGNES DE MILLEgreat 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.
AGNES DE MILLEWe can’t stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
AGNES DE MILLEDestiny is made known silently.
AGNES DE MILLEDance in the body you have.
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