Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
MARTHA GRAHAMDiscipline is liberation.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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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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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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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost. Ambition is not enough; necessity is everything.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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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.
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