If you feel depressed you shouldn’t go out on the street because it will show on your face and you’ll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.
MARTHA GRAHAMPractice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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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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The unique must be fulfilled.
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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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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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The body says what words cannot.
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Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.
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