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Martha Graham Quotes

My childhood years were a balance of dark and light Picture Quote #1

You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you Picture Quote #1

I believe that we learn by practice Picture Quote #1

The body never lies Picture Quote #1

To me, the only sin is mediocrity Picture Quote #1

All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is a mother to her husband. Clytemnestra is every woman when she kills Picture Quote #1

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I have heard stories that it was love at first sight for both of us, that we disappeared to a guest room at Merle’s house, had our meals sent up, and didn’t emerge for several days. This is absolutely untrue. I would never behave like that as a guest in someone’s home. Carlos and I went to my beach house Picture Quote #1

My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement Picture Quote #1

I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique Picture Quote #1

Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I’m asked so often whether I believe in life after death. I do believe in the sanctity of life, the continuity of life and of energy. I know the anonymity of death has no appeal for me. It is the now that I must face and want to face Picture Quote #1

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body Picture Quote #1

A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer’s body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation Picture Quote #1

I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don’t know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory Picture Quote #1

Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability Picture Quote #1

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion Picture Quote #1

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion Picture Quote #1

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What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion Picture Quote #1

Misery is a communicable disease Picture Quote #1

Some of you are doomed to be artists Picture Quote #1

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow Picture Quote #1

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place Picture Quote #1

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost Picture Quote #1

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My childhood years were a balance of dark and light (Martha Graham Quotes) You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you (Martha Graham Quotes) I believe that we learn by practice (Martha Graham Quotes) The body never lies (Martha Graham Quotes) To me, the only sin is mediocrity (Martha Graham Quotes) All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is a mother to her husband. Clytemnestra is every woman when she kills (Martha Graham Quotes) I have heard stories that it was love at first sight for both of us, that we disappeared to a guest room at Merle’s house, had our meals sent up, and didn’t emerge for several days. This is absolutely untrue. I would never behave like that as a guest in someone’s home. Carlos and I went to my beach house (Martha Graham Quotes) My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement (Martha Graham Quotes) I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique (Martha Graham Quotes) Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years. (Martha Graham Quotes) 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. (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. (Martha Graham Quotes) I’m asked so often whether I believe in life after death. I do believe in the sanctity of life, the continuity of life and of energy. I know the anonymity of death has no appeal for me. It is the now that I must face and want to face. (Martha Graham Quotes) The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body (Martha Graham Quotes) A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less. (Martha Graham Quotes) 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. (Martha Graham Quotes) I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer’s body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being. (Martha Graham Quotes) 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. (Martha Graham Quotes) 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. (Martha Graham Quotes) Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation. (Martha Graham Quotes) I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don’t know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory (Martha Graham Quotes) Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability. (Martha Graham Quotes) Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion. (Martha Graham Quotes) Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion (Martha Graham Quotes) What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion. (Martha Graham Quotes) Misery is a communicable disease (Martha Graham Quotes) Some of you are doomed to be artists (Martha Graham Quotes) Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow (Martha Graham Quotes) Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place (Martha Graham Quotes) You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost (Martha Graham Quotes)

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