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.
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.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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We can’t stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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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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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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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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This is the precise difference between dancing and acrobatics. The dancer tries to express something; the acrobat merely pulls, raises, stretches and grinds.
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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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I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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Dance in the body you have.
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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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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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great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions.
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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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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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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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