Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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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.
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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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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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