I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
MARTHA GRAHAMMy childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
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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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Nothing is more revealing than movement.
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The unique must be fulfilled.
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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.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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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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The body says what words cannot.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
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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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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
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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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