Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe center of the stage is where I am.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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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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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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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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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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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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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover – the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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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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