You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
MARTHA GRAHAMSome of you are doomed to be artists.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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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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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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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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