Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
MARTHA GRAHAMAge’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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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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I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
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Discipline is liberation.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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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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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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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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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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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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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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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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