What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.
MARTHA GRAHAMFreedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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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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Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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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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The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I’d rather have them against me than indifferent.
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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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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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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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Misery is a communicable disease.
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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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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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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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