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.
MARTHA GRAHAM
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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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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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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A 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.
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You have no right to go before a public without an adequate technique, just because you feel. Anything feels – a leaf feels, a storm feels – what right have you to do that? You have to have speech, and it’s a cultivated speech.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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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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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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