I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
MARTHA GRAHAMArt is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
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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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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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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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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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