Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
MARTHA GRAHAMThink 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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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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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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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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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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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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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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It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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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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The unique must be fulfilled.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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