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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.

Martha Graham

I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Believe Discipline God Principle Technique Thinking Word
Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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Boredom Happiness Repeat
Discipline is liberation.
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Discipline Liberty One Liberty
You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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Dance Inspirational Style Yourself
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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Connection Discover Earth Heaven Law Lying Movement
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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Growth Inspirational Remember Stand Wings
Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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Art Eternity Forever Man Soul
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Believe Day Future Myself Past Time
I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
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Call Imagination Magic Movement Myself Space
Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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Dance God Message
You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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Class Dance Learning Practice Yourself
Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer’s art is lived while he is dancing. Nothing is left of his art except the pictures and the memories–when his dancing days are over.
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Art Dance Essential Exception Live Memories Movement Photograph
We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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Affirmation Aware Dance Function Live Mystery Wonderful
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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Dance Meaning Movement Passion Technique
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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Excuse Man Oneself Reason Willing
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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Artist Himself Time

In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.

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