Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
MARTHA GRAHAMWhat people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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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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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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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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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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I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It’s permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable.
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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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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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