You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
MARTHA GRAHAM
We are all of us, unique – each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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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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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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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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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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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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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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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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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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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover – the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
MARTHA GRAHAM