Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
MARTHA GRAHAMGreat dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
MARTHA GRAHAMMy childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe center of the stage is where I am.
MARTHA GRAHAMOur arms start from the back because they were once wings.
MARTHA GRAHAMI don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
MARTHA GRAHAMDance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
MARTHA GRAHAMI feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
MARTHA GRAHAMCensorship is the height of vanity.
MARTHA GRAHAMSome of you are doomed to be artists.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
MARTHA GRAHAMWherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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.
MARTHA GRAHAMIn a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
MARTHA GRAHAMNo artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe unique must be fulfilled.
MARTHA GRAHAMPractice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
MARTHA GRAHAM