It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the…

I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come…

— Martha Graham

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

— Martha Graham

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

— Martha Graham

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance 'till you drop.

— W. H. Auden

Dance is an art that imprints on the soul. It is with you every moment, it expresses itself in everything you do.

— Shirley MacLaine

Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of the dancer.

— Sylvie Guillem

Ballet is not technique, not a way of doing things, but a means of expression that comes perhaps more closely to the inner language…

— Anonymous

Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

— William Watson Purkey

Dance, dance, dance till you drop.

— W. H. Auden

Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter.

— Louis Horst

Then come the lights shining on you from above. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique, the fear,…

— Shirley MacLaine

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythym of your life.

— Jacques d'Amboise

Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor…

— Martha Graham

Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

— Martha Graham

Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.

— Martha Graham