The unique must be fulfilled.
MARTHA GRAHAMNothing is more revealing than movement.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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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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When you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it’s the following through to the end that makes the pattern. That, for me, is choreography.
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The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
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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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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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