Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
MARTHA GRAHAMEvery dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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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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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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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
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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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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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