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Censorship is the height of vanity.

Martha Graham

Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance Meaning Movement Passion Technique
Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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Body Dance Joy Pain Song
Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Desire Invitation Perfection Practice
A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Body Dance Listening Movement Myself Necessary Pay Terrible
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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Dance Essence Expression Feeling Hope Human Myself Soul Wonderful
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.
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Creativity Lost Pattern Time Unique
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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Believe Direction Motivational Open Willing Work Yourself
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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Desire Face Faith Invitation Obstacle Perfection Performance Practice Vision
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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Action Block Force Quick Translation World Yourself
Censorship is the height of vanity.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Censor One Liner
Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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Artist Deep One Liner
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 GRAHAM

Body Celebration Dance Growth Hands Mirror Thinking Time Way Yourself
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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Excuse Man Oneself Reason Willing
It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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Dance Fun Joy Laughter Myself
Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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Dance God Message
I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Dance Fall Inspirational Myself

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