No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
MARTHA GRAHAMNo artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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Censorship is the height of vanity.
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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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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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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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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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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.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
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I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It’s permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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