Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
MARTHA GRAHAMDance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.
More Martha Graham Quotes
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The center of the stage is where I am.
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I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
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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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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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Dance is the landscape of man’s soul.
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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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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 world I’m interested in is the one where things are not named.
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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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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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Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
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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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It’s not my job to look beautiful. It’s my job to look interesting.
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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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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
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