I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
MARTHA GRAHAM
Misery is a communicable disease.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
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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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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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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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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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I’d rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I’d rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.
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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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Misery is a communicable disease.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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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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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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Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
MARTHA GRAHAM