Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
AGNES DE MILLEFrom this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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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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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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Destiny is made known silently.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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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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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.
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From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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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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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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But 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.
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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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One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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