Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
MARTHA GRAHAMGreat dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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Discipline is liberation.
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We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.
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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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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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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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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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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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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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