The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
MARTHA GRAHAMIt’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
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You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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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.
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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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The body says what words cannot.
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I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It’s permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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