What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
MARTHA GRAHAMDancers 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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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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The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer’s art is lived while he is dancing. Nothing is left of his art except the pictures and the memories–when his dancing days are over.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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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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