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

#beauty

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

— Agnes de Mille

#beauty

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

— Agnes de Mille

#inspirational

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

— Agnes de Mille

#destiny #important #important decisions #known #life

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

— Agnes de Mille

#anything #creative #demon #rate #second

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

— Agnes de Mille

#dances #expression #lie #music #never

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

— Agnes de Mille

#calf #dancer #education #good #good education

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

#dance #earth #glory #larger #more

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

#become #correction #dearest #dearest friend #faults

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. ↗

— Agnes de Mille

#before #bodies #dancers #floor #lies