Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
MARTHA GRAHAMStand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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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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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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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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It’s what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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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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Misery is a communicable disease.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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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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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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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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