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.
MARTHA GRAHAMI 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost. Ambition is not enough; necessity is everything.
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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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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.
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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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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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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or feeling takes place can be at any time. Timeless feelings are common to all of us.
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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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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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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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If you feel depressed you shouldn’t go out on the street because it will show on your face and you’ll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
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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.
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The body says what words cannot.
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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 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 communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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