In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
MARTHA GRAHAMFire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Discipline is liberation.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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We are all of us, unique – each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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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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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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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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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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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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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
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