What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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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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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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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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I’d rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I’d rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.
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Discipline is liberation.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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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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