To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. — Agnes De Mille Copy Share Image
Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible. — Agnes De Mille Copy Share Image
To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
“The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.” — Agnes De Mille Copy Share Image
The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises. In the same way… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Dancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he'll look… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. — Agnes De Mille Copy Share Image
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible. — Agnes De Mille Copy Share Image
We can't stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without? We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot of isolated… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
