Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion. AGNES DE MILLE BalancedBalletFasterHigherKickedLongerTurned
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. AGNES DE MILLE AnythingTake
The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. AGNES DE MILLE BodiesDancerFloorLieMysterious
No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth. AGNES DE MILLE FeetIndianWhite
The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. AGNES DE MILLE AcceptAnythingCreativityDemonSecond
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking. AGNES DE MILLE Dancing
Dancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he’ll look at you as if you were a hummingbird. AGNES DE MILLE ChoreographerDespisedDishonouredHummingbirdRunningTellTrade
The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. AGNES DE MILLE DarkEntirelyKnowLeapTake
Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play. AGNES DE MILLE ChildConstituteRecapturing
