People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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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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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
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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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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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The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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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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I 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.
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In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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