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

- 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

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

- Agnes De Mille

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 o…

- Agnes De Mille

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

- Agnes De Mille

Dance in the body you have.

- Agnes De Mille

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

- Agnes De Mille

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. The artist never entirely knows…

- Agnes De Mille

I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface…

- Agnes De Mille