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.
MARTHA GRAHAMI 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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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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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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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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No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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If you feel depressed you shouldn’t go out on the street because it will show on your face and you’ll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.
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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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