Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place. — Martha Graham Actor Copy Share Image
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. — Martha Graham Body Copy Share Image
I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do. — Martha Graham Action Copy Share Image
“There is a fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration; there are… — Martha Graham Death Copy Share Image
“A dancer isn't great because of their technique...they're great because of their passion.” — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why… — Martha Graham Greatness Copy Share Image
The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance… — Martha Graham Ageless Copy Share Image
Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability. — Martha Graham Challenges Copy Share Image
Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America. — Martha Graham America Copy Share Image
'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years. — Martha Graham Acceptance Copy Share Image
Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. I don't leap and jump anymore.… — Martha Graham Age Copy Share Image
I've relaxed my feelings about other companies performing my works. I have never in principle been against my ballets being danced by… — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from… — Martha Graham Achievement Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other… — Martha Graham Business Copy Share Image
In 1980, a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, "Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you… — Martha Graham Art Copy Share Image
It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting. — Martha Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
“It takes at least five years of rigorous training to be spontaneous.” — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer,… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
“The only sin is mediocrity. (While widely attributed to Martha Graham she attributed this to her father)” — Martha Graham Mediocrity Copy Share Image
Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a… — Martha Graham Actor Copy Share Image
I don't think in Art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one & terrifying & threatening & bursting with hope. — Martha Graham Art Copy Share Image
“No artist is ahead of his time. He is the time. It is just that others are behind the time.” — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
