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A dancer must listen to his bo...

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 161 quotes

First we have to believe, and ...

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

If I can't dance, I don't care...

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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

My dancing is not an attempt t...

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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

To me, this acquirement of ner...

To me, this acquirement of nervous, physical, and emotional concentration is the one element possessed to the highest degree by the truly great dancers of the world. Its acquirement is the result of discipline, of energy in the deep sense. That is why there are so few great dancers.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

There is a vitality, a life fo...

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

All that is important is this ...

All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

What people in the world think...

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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

The unique must be fulfilled....

The unique must be fulfilled.

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I believe that we learn by pra...

I believe that 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. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. 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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

It is not your business to det...

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.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

You do not even have to believ...

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open...

Martha Graham 161 quotes

I believe that we learn by pra...

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.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

Dancers are the messengers of ...

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

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Nobody cares if you can't danc...

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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

...Although, as the Latin verb...

...Although, as the Latin verb to educate, educate, indicates, it is not a question of putting something in but drawing it out, if it is there to begin with...I want all of my students and all of my dancers to be aware of the poignancy of life at that moment. I would like to feel that I had, in some way, given them the gift of themselves.

Martha Graham 161 quotes

The gesture is the thing truly...

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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

I'd rather an audience like me...

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.

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What I do must be done in the ...

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

Martha Graham 161 quotes

Stand up! Keep your backs stra...

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

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