I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man–the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.
MARTHA GRAHAMDance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
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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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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
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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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The body says what words cannot.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
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The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
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You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
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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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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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