No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

MARTHA GRAHAM

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No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Martha Graham

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Body Dance Joy Pain Song
Discipline is liberation.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Discipline is liberation.
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Discipline Liberty One Liberty
The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.

MARTHA GRAHAM

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Expression Thinking True
Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Body Dance Hide Language
Some of you are doomed to be artists.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Some of you are doomed to be artists.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Artist Deep
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

MARTHA GRAHAM

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Action Energy Expression Force Life Quick Translation Unique
The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

MARTHA GRAHAM

The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Body Celebration Dance Growth Mirror Thinking Time Way
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

MARTHA GRAHAM

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Artist Time
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Care Dance Greatness Inspirational Passion
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.

MARTHA GRAHAM

I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Believe Day Future Past Time
The center of the stage is where I am.

MARTHA GRAHAM

The center of the stage is where I am.
MARTHA GRAHAM

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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

MARTHA GRAHAM

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
MARTHA GRAHAM

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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Growth Inspirational Remember Stand Wings
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

MARTHA GRAHAM

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance Greatness Inspirational Passion Technique
I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

MARTHA GRAHAM

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance Essence Expression Feeling Hope Human Soul Wonderful
It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.

MARTHA GRAHAM

It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Beautiful Job

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