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.
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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The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
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My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
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Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer’s art is lived while he is dancing. Nothing is left of his art except the pictures and the memories–when his dancing days are over.
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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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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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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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Some of you are doomed to be artists.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
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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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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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The center of the stage is where I am.
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