The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing. Martha Graham More Quotes by Martha Graham More Quotes From Martha Graham The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle. Martha Graham dancemirrorsthinking In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength. Martha Graham forgotten-thingsdancebeautiful The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or feeling takes place can be at any time. Timeless feelings are common to all of us. Martha Graham timepeoplepast Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain. Martha Graham dancesongmotivational America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage. Martha Graham landphilosophymoving 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 beautifulmeanbelieve 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 vitalityunrestexpression 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 parisballetdancing 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 momentsartthinking You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being. Martha Graham dancerawarenessbody Sometimes it's blood memory... not the blood your mother and father gave you... but that which stretches back two or three thousand years. Martha Graham mothermemoriesfather You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. Martha Graham dancemotivationalinspirational Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place. Martha Graham nounsverbstheater Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer's art is lived while he is dancing. Nothing is left of his art except the pictures and the memories--when his dancing days are over. Martha Graham dancememoriesart Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor for a perfect stance, a perfect plie. Martha Graham dancingdancediscovery The body is a sacred garment. Martha Graham healthdanceinspirational Nothing is more revealing than movement. Martha Graham movementdancingdance The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. Martha Graham danceinspirationalart ...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 drawingteachinglatin Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. Martha Graham being-strongleadershipwork
