Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
MARTHA GRAHAMNo animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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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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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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The body says what words cannot.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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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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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
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