Agnes de Mille

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

- Agnes de Mille

"The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one’s feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously."

- Agnes de Mille

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

- Agnes de Mille

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

- Agnes de Mille

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

- Agnes de Mille

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

- 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

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

- Agnes de Mille

"Dancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion."

- Agnes de Mille

"Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy—it becomes possible."

- Agnes de Mille

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

- Agnes de Mille