There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
MARTHA GRAHAMThere is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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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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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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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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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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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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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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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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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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