I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe center of the stage is where I am.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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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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The body says what words cannot.
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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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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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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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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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