The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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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The unique must be fulfilled.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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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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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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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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All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
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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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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
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