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.
MARTHA GRAHAMNo artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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The body says what words cannot.
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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.
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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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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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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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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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