Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Martha Graham
Age: 96 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 11
Died: 1991
Died: April 1
Artist
Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Costume Designer
Dancer
Music Pedagogue
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Martha Grehem
Beautiful
Dancer
Things
Bones
Dancing
Miracle
Forgotten
Dance
Strength
Reverence
Small
Delicate

More quotes by Martha Graham

Image
Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart. The instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived ... the human body.
Martha Graham
Image
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
Image
It is difficult to see the great dance effects as they happen, to see them accurately, catch them fast in memory. It is even more difficult to verbalize them for critical discussion. The particular essence of a performance, its human sweep of articulate rhythm in space and in time has no specific terminology to describe it by.
Martha Graham
Image
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
Image
I'm asked so often whether I believe in life after death. I do believe in the sanctity of life, the continuity of life and of energy. I know the anonymity of death has no appeal for me. It is the now that I must face and want to face.
Martha Graham
Image
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
Image
Theater used to be a verb it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.
Martha Graham
Image
We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.
Martha Graham
Image
There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.
Martha Graham
Image
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
Martha Graham
Image
In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
Martha Graham
Image
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.
Martha Graham
Image
Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.
Martha Graham
Image
You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.
Martha Graham
Image
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.
Martha Graham
Image
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.
Martha Graham
Image
Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.
Martha Graham
Image
The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
Martha Graham
Image
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
Image
Dance is the landscape of man's soul.
Martha Graham