Martha Graham on acceptance
Martha Graham82 quotes“Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.”
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Martha GrahamMartha Graham 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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Martha GrahamMartha Graham 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.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham The center of the stage is where I am.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Nothing is more revealing than movement.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham 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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