The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
MARTHA GRAHAMThere is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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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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Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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Discipline is liberation.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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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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