My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
MARTHA GRAHAMMy childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
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Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
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Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
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The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
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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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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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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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Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
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I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am 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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The body says what words cannot.
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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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