Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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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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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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The body says what words cannot.
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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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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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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.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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