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 GRAHAMThe body says what words cannot.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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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.
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You have no right to go before a public without an adequate technique, just because you feel. Anything feels – a leaf feels, a storm feels – what right have you to do that? You have to have speech, and it’s a cultivated speech.
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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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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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The body says what words cannot.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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