Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for — liberation.
MARTHA GRAHAMDance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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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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Discipline is liberation.
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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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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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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
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The world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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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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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
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Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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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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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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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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