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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.

Martha Graham

The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
MARTHA GRAHAM

Age Dance Live Magic Performance Reason
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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Desire Face Faith Invitation Obstacle Perfection Performance Practice Vision
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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Alive Artist Divine Satisfaction Strange Time
Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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Inspirational Ourselves Perspective Start Wings
Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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Boredom Happiness Repeat
Think 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.
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Body Celebration Dance Magic Miracle Small Yourself
No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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Animal Body Human See Ugly
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
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Care Dance Greatness Inspirational Passion
Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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Body Dance Hide Language
The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or feeling takes place can be at any time. Timeless feelings are common to all of us.
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Death Live Ourselves Past People Time
Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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Dance Discipline Freedom Liberty Technique
If you feel depressed you shouldn’t go out on the street because it will show on your face and you’ll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.
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Communication Depression Face Feeling Misery Sick
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
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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Business Compare Determination Direction Expression Value Yourself
Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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Body Dance Joy Pain Song
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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Business People Thinking World Yourself

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