“Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy—it becomes possible.”
"Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out."
- Agnes de Mille
Personal Growth
"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
Hard Work
"Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming."
- Agnes de Mille
Creativity
"The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie."
- Agnes de Mille
Connection to Earth
"The truest expression of a people is in its dance and its music. Bodies never lie."
- Agnes de Mille
Connection to Earth
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."
- George Lorimer
Determination
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."
- Amelia Earhart
Determination
"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."
- Melissa McCarthy
Determination
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."
- Walt Disney
Determination
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination