The unique must be fulfilled.
MARTHA GRAHAMThink of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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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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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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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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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.
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We are all of us, unique – each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.
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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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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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