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.

She died in 1993 of a second stroke in her Greenwich Village apartment. Her choreography as a reflection of her awareness of acting reflected the angst and turmoil of the characters instead of simply focusing on a dancer's physical technique. Her favorite hobbies included collecting fine porcelain and her research on the history of clothes something at which Agnes de Mille was an expert.

Agnes George de Mille (September 18 1905 – October 7 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer.