Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
MARTHA GRAHAMThe world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The body says what words cannot.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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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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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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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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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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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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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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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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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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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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