The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
MARTHA GRAHAMRepetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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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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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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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 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.
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My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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