The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
AGNES DE MILLEWho am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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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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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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Dance in the body you have.
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My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I’d like to know.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one’s feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.
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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs – don’t pay any attention to its politicians.
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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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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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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
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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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