Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
MARTHA GRAHAMWhat I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
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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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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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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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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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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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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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The body says what words cannot.
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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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