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Misery is a communicable disease.

Martha Graham

I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Believe Discipline God Principle Technique Thinking Word
Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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Acceptance Age Glory Maturity Time
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Dance Greatness Inspirational Passion Technique
The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Age Dance Live Magic Performance Reason
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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Affirmation Aware Dance Function Live Mystery Wonderful
I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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Choice Dance Myself Willing
Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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Dance Dedication Holy Inspirational One Liner Passion Place Stand
The center of the stage is where I am.
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Artist Attention Myself Place Stage
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.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Important Live Moments Notice Time Worth
Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Desire Invitation Perfection Practice
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
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.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Dance Evitable Fear Happiness Intense Life
The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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Act Expression Thinking True
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Growth Inspirational Remember Stand Wings
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
It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Beautiful Interest Job Myself

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