Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
MARTHA GRAHAMDancing 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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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 spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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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.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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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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The unique must be fulfilled.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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