The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.
AGNES DE MILLEOne of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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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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We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the world, we have kitchens with the most gimmicks, we have houses with every possible electrical gadget to save ourselves all kinds of trouble – all so that we can have leisure. Leisure, leisure, leisure!
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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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I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
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Dance in the body you have.
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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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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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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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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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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.
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Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they’re afraid that they’ll be forgotten. And in America they’re quite right. They will be.
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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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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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