In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
MARTHA GRAHAMCensorship is the height of vanity.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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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 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.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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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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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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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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