I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
MARTHA GRAHAMAll that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
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Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
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The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
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Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Discipline is liberation.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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