Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
MARTHA GRAHAMI am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover – the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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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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Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
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I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover – the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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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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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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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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The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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