We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
MARTHA GRAHAMYou 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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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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Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.
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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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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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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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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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