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.

Quote by Agnes De Mille

Topics: Universe Quotes

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies...

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And...

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And...

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.

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

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

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

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

The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap...

The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap...

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

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

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

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

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The...

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The...

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a...

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a...

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

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

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

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

The universe is an intelligence test

The universe is an intelligence test

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very...

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very...

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at...

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at...

The universe contains vastly more order than Earth-life could ever demand. All those distant galaxies,...

The universe contains vastly more order than Earth-life could ever demand. All those distant galaxies,...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to...