I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover – the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.
MARTHA GRAHAMFreedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
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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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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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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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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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Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.
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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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The unique must be fulfilled.
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What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
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The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.
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Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
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Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.
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