Quotes by Agnes De Mille

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

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

“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.”

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

“Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.”

“When you perform you are out of yourself-larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours nightly.”

“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.”

“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.”

“God comes to us in theater [in] the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. Its a way of expressing our humanity.”

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