What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
MARTHA GRAHAMSome men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
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There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
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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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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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