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.
MARTHA GRAHAMAge’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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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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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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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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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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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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A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less.
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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 feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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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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No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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