Martha Graham Quotes

Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American Dancer
Born: May 11, 1894
Died: Apr 1, 1991
Act Body Cannot Dance Practice Time
Related authors: Alvin Ailey Dita Von Teese JoJo Siwa Katherine Dunham Merce Cunningham Mikhail Baryshnikov Misty Copeland Twyla Tharp
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. Martha Graham
Great Passion Dancers Because Technique
'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years. Martha Graham
Age Acceptance Maturity Term Glory Years
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
Life Time You Energy Action Vitality All-Time Only Through Force Because Quickening Translated Unique Expression
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
Nature Human Being Behavior Flower Tree Imitated Everyday Wave Dancer Ourselves Must See Miracle Something Another Audience Exotic Did Human Being Want Planet Body Actions Creatures Phenomenon
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 means of inviting the perfection desired. Martha Graham
Faith Vision Face Practice Some Perfection Perform Over Inviting Obstacles Again Means Act Desire Desired
Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart. Martha Graham
Heart Dance Every Kind Chart Fever Graph
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. Martha Graham
Dance Think Magic Miracle Small Rests Foot Weight Celebration Which Your Whole Comparatively
Nothing is more revealing than movement. Martha Graham
Nothing More Revealing Than Movement
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. Martha Graham
Time Others He His Times Artist Behind Just
First we have to believe, and then we believe. Martha Graham
First Believe Then
The body never lies. Martha Graham
Lies Never Body

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