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.
MARTHA GRAHAMA 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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Dancing 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.
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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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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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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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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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The center of the stage is where I am.
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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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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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