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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

Martha Graham

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Affirmation Aware Dance Function Live Mystery Wonderful
In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Art Breathe End One Liner
Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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Body Dance Joy Pain Song
I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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Choice Dance Myself Willing
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Believe Day Future Myself Past Time
When you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it’s the following through to the end that makes the pattern. That, for me, is choreography.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance End Ideas Myself Pattern Start
Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Desire Invitation Perfection Practice
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Dance Greatness Inspirational Passion Technique
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.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Audience Death Kiss Myself
It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Beautiful Interest Job Myself
The center of the stage is where I am.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Artist Attention Myself Place Stage
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.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Body Celebration Dance Growth Hands Mirror Thinking Time Way Yourself
The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Age Dance Live Magic Performance Reason
Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance God Message
The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance Exception Freedom Secret
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Growth Inspirational Remember Stand Wings

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