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.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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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 will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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We are all of us, unique – each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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Discipline is liberation.
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Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
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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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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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