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Agnes De Mille Quotes

«...then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open»
«The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.»
«No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.»
«The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.»
«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.»
«The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.»
«The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.»
«A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.»
Author: Agnes De Mille | Keywords: calf, dancer, harmful
«Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.»
Author: Agnes De Mille | About: Dancing | Keywords: dancers, portent, sinister
«When you perform you are out of yourself-larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours nightly.»
Author: Agnes De Mille | Keywords: nightly, potent