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.
MARTHA GRAHAM
MARTHA GRAHAM
Martha Graham on connection
Martha Graham82 quotes“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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