Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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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’d rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I’d rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.
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It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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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 ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or feeling takes place can be at any time. Timeless feelings are common to all of us.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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