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Agnes De Mille quotes: I want one word on my tombstone - dancer.

I want one word on my tombstone - dancer.

Agnes De Mille quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

Agnes De Mille quotes: Dance in the body you have.

Dance in the body you have.

Agnes De Mille quotes: There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.

There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.

Agnes De Mille quotes: 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.

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

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

Agnes De Mille quotes: I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.

I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.

Agnes De Mille quotes: Dance constitutes a true recapturing of ... freedom and childish play.

Dance constitutes a true recapturing of ... freedom and childish play.

Agnes De Mille quotes: The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

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

Agnes De Mille quotes: The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.

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

Agnes De Mille quotes: Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

Agnes De Mille quotes: If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

Agnes De Mille quotes: Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

Agnes De Mille quotes: Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Agnes De Mille quotes: Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down ... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

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

Agnes De Mille quotes: Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

Agnes De Mille quotes: Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

Agnes De Mille quotes: Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.

Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.

Agnes De Mille quotes: 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

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 quotes: Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Agnes De Mille quotes: No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.

No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.

Agnes De Mille quotes: To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.

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

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

Agnes De Mille quotes: My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.