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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

Topics: Beautiful Dance Earth Glory Larger More Out Power Powerful Taking Yours Yourself

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

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: Decisions Destiny Important Known Life Made Our Sound

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The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: After Artist Dark Entirely Guess Knows Leap May Never Take Wrong

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

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: Bodies Dances Expression Lie Music Never People Truest

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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.

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: Affair Become Correction Dearest Faults Figure Friend Love Love Affair Mirror Practice Should Used Watch You Your

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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.

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Topics: Begin Being Die Form How Know Knowing Little Living Moment Next Not Knowing Sure You

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

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: Better Dancer Education Good Good Education Harmful Head Than

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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. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: Air Before Bodies Dancers Floor Lies Mind Mysterious Poor Returns Universe Voyage Weary You Your

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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: About Dancers Give Modern Our Sinister Times

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

~Agnes De Mille

Topics: Accept Anything Creative Demon Rate Second Urge Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Dancer

Born: September 18th, 1905

Died: October 7th, 1993

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