The center of the stage is where I am.
MARTHA GRAHAMPractice 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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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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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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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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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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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 body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost. Ambition is not enough; necessity is everything.
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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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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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