Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
MARTHA GRAHAMI 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.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Discipline is liberation.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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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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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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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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Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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I’d rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I’d rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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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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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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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
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