Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
MARTHA GRAHAMI get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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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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Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer’s art is lived while he is dancing. Nothing is left of his art except the pictures and the memories–when his dancing days are over.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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