You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
MARTHA GRAHAMI’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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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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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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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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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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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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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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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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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The body says what words cannot.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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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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