What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
AGNES DE MILLEFriends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.
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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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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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I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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Dancers don’t get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house.
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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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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
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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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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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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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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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Destiny is made known silently.
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