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!
AGNES DE MILLELiving is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
More Agnes de Mille Quotes
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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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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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So that we don’t go mad in the leisure, we have color TV. So that there will never, never, be a moment of silence, we have radio and Muzak.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.
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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 want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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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 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 remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises.
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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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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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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
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