What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.
AGNES DE MILLELiving is a form of not being sure, not know what next or how… The artists never entirely knows.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
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I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.
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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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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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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.
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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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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.
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What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
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They are just a lot of isolated individuals jiggling in a kind of self-hypnosis and dancing with others only to remind themselves that we are not completely alone in this world.
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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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Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
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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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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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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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