Censorship is the height of vanity.
MARTHA GRAHAMWhen you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it’s the following through to the end that makes the pattern. That, for me, is choreography.
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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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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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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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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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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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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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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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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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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I’d rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I’d rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.
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