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Agnes de Mille [1905-1993] American
Rank: 102
Dancer, Choreographer


Agnes George de Mille was an American dancer and choreographer.

Education, Music, Power



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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.
101
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. Power
102
The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. Music
103
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.
104
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
105
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.
106
A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. Education
107
The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
108
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.
109
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
110
The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
111

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