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Martha Graham quotes: Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

Martha Graham quotes: You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.

You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.

Martha Graham quotes: I don't think in Art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one & terrifying & threatening & bursting with hope.

I don't think in Art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one & terrifying & threatening & bursting with hope.

Martha Graham quotes: Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.

Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.

Martha Graham quotes: Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.

Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.

Martha Graham quotes: The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.

The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.

Martha Graham quotes: Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Martha Graham quotes: There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.

There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.

Martha Graham quotes: I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

Martha Graham quotes: Learn by practice.

Learn by practice.

Martha Graham quotes: A dancer isn't great because of their technique ... they're great because of their passion.

A dancer isn't great because of their technique ... they're great because of their passion.

Martha Graham quotes: I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.

I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen.

Martha Graham quotes: Nothing is more revealing than movement.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

Martha Graham quotes: Sometimes it's blood memory ... not the blood your mother and father gave you ... but that which stretches back two or three thousand years.

Sometimes it's blood memory ... not the blood your mother and father gave you ... but that which stretches back two or three thousand years.

Martha Graham quotes: You don't pick dance. Dance picks you.

You don't pick dance. Dance picks you.

Martha Graham quotes: To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.

To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.

Martha Graham quotes: Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.

Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground.

Martha Graham quotes: Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

Martha Graham quotes: Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to,
when all they need is one reason why they can

Martha Graham quotes: We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.

We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.

Martha Graham quotes: I believe that we learn by practice.

I believe that we learn by practice.

Martha Graham quotes: The body says what words cannot.

The body says what words cannot.

Martha Graham quotes: The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.

The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.

Martha Graham quotes: Misery is a communicable disease.

Misery is a communicable disease.

Martha Graham quotes: Dancing is very like poetry.

Dancing is very like poetry.

Martha Graham quotes: It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.

It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.

Martha Graham quotes: 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.

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.

Martha Graham quotes: Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.

Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.

Martha Graham quotes: No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.

No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.

Martha Graham quotes: You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.

You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.

Martha Graham quotes: Censorship is the height of vanity.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

Martha Graham quotes: There is only one you in all time.

There is only one you in all time.

Martha Graham quotes: Pity is a corroding thing.

Pity is a corroding thing.

Martha Graham quotes: What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.

What I do must be done in the sunlight of awareness.

Martha Graham quotes: No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Martha Graham quotes: The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

Martha Graham quotes: To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

Martha Graham quotes: I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

Martha Graham quotes: Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.

Martha Graham quotes: Some of you are doomed to be artists.

Some of you are doomed to be artists.

Martha Graham quotes: Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

Martha Graham quotes: Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

Martha Graham quotes: The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

Martha Graham quotes: The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.

Martha Graham quotes: Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.

Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.

Martha Graham quotes: Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.

Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.

Martha Graham quotes: Dance is the hidden language of the soul

Dance is the hidden language of the soul

Martha Graham quotes: I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.

I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.

Martha Graham quotes: I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.

I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.

Martha Graham quotes: Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for liberation.

Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for
liberation.

Martha Graham quotes: 'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

Martha Graham quotes: Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Martha Graham quotes: You give all your life to doing this one thing. It sounds grim, it sounds frightening - it isn't - it has a great gaiety at times and a great

You give all your life to doing this one thing. It sounds grim, it sounds frightening - it isn't - it has a great gaiety at times and a great wonder.

Martha Graham quotes: Dance is the landscape of man's soul.

Dance is the landscape of man's soul.

Martha Graham quotes: The body never lies.

The body never lies.

Martha Graham quotes: The body never lies." Martha Graham

The body never lies."
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Martha Graham quotes: Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

Martha Graham quotes: My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.

My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.

Martha Graham quotes: The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named.

The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named.

Martha Graham quotes: There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it ...

There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it ...

Martha Graham quotes: The center of the stage is where I am.

The center of the stage is where I am.

Martha Graham quotes: The unique must be fulfilled.

The unique must be fulfilled.

Martha Graham quotes: Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

Martha Graham quotes: The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

Martha Graham quotes: My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.

My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.

Martha Graham quotes: Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.

Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.

Martha Graham quotes: In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

Martha Graham quotes: What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.

What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.

Martha Graham quotes: Don't stand when you can sit; don't sit when you can lie down.

Don't stand when you can sit; don't sit when you can lie down.

Martha Graham quotes: In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.

In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.

Martha Graham quotes: Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery

Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery

Martha Graham quotes: I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.

I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.

Martha Graham quotes: The only sin is mediocrity.

The only sin is mediocrity.

Martha Graham quotes: Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

Martha Graham quotes: It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting.

It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting.

Martha Graham quotes: I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.

I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.

Martha Graham quotes: The body is a sacred garment.

The body is a sacred garment.

Martha Graham quotes: 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.

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 Graham quotes: No artist is ahead of his time. He is the time. It is just that others are behind the time.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is the time. It is just that others are behind the time.

Martha Graham quotes: Discipline is liberation.

Discipline is liberation.

Martha Graham quotes: You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

Martha Graham quotes: What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

Martha Graham quotes: There is a fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration; there are daily small deaths.

There is a fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration; there are daily small deaths.

Martha Graham quotes: If I can't dance, I don't care if my dances are ever done again!

If I can't dance, I don't care if my dances are ever done again!