Martha Graham Quotes, Thoughts and images
Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
The body says what words cannot.
Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.
I get up, I fall down, all the while I am dancing.
Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.
The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.
Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.