Martha Graham on communication
Martha Graham82 quotes“If you feel depressed you shouldn’t go out on the street because it will show on your face and you’ll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.”
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Discipline is liberation.
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Martha GrahamMartha Graham Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham 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.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Misery is a communicable disease.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham 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.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham The body says what words cannot.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Censorship is the height of vanity.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham 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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MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
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Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
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Colin PowellColin Powell 90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie I have decided that the key to happiness is strong communication.
Rebekah SterlacciRebekah Sterlacci There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
Christian Nestell BoveeChristian Nestell Bovee Listen to other people tell their story, but don’t believe them. You know that it’s just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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