Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
MARTHA GRAHAMWhen you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it’s the following through to the end that makes the pattern. That, for me, is choreography.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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All 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.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
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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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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
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