The body says what words cannot.
MARTHA GRAHAMPeople have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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 unique must be fulfilled.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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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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It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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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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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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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.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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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.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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