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Martha Graham

Read through the most famous quotes from Martha Graham




Dance is the hidden language of the soul


— Martha Graham


#dancing #dance

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


— Martha Graham


#passion #dance

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


— Martha Graham


#perception #perspective #business

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


#dancing #life #live-in-the-moment #movement #present

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


#life

The unique must be fulfilled.


— Martha Graham


#originality #originality

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


#self-empowerment #inspirational

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.


— Martha Graham


#enlightenment #self-expression #enlightenment

At the time I started in ballet they were dancing 'The Spirit of Champagne' on pointe, in Paris. I thought, 'I don't want to dance the spirit of champagne, I want to drink it!


— Martha Graham


#paris

Misery is a communicable disease.


— Martha Graham


#disease #misery






About Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quotes




Did you know about Martha Graham?

As Glen Tetley told Agnes de Mille “The wonderful thing about Martha in her good days was her generosity. She boils down her moods and movements until they are devoid of all extraneous substances and are concentrated to the highest degree. In her lifetime Martha Graham received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown.

Sometimes it is not pleasant. Martha Graham (May 11 1894 – April 1 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on the modern visual artsStravinsky had on music or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture. In her lifetime Martha Graham received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown.

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