Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe center of the stage is where I am.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.
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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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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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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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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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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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Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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