Quotes of Agnes De Mille - somelinesforyou

“ No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ 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

“ Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music… Bodies never lie. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ 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. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ 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. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music… Bodies never lie. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music… Bodies never lie. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music… Bodies never lie. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ 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. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ 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 surface and fifteen minutes. What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ 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. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music… Bodies never lie. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille

“ A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ”

- Agnes de Mille
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