Practice 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.
MARTHA GRAHAMYou don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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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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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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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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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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The body says what words cannot.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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