Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
MARTHA GRAHAMPractice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
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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 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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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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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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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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