Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
MARTHA GRAHAMWhat I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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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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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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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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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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