Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
MARTHA GRAHAMMovement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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If you feel depressed you shouldn’t go out on the street because it will show on your face and you’ll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.
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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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It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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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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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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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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I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
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In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
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