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title: "1 Corroding Quotes By Martha Graham"
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> [Pity is a corroding thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/pity-is-a-corroding-thing/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

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## More by Martha Graham

> [The body never lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/the-body-never-lies/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [You have no right to go before a public without an adequate technique, just because you feel. Anything feels - a leaf feels, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/you-have-no-right-to-go-before-a-public-without-an-adequate-technique/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/there-is-a-vitality-a-life-force-an-energy-a-quickening-that-is/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [Misery is a communicable disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/misery-is-a-communicable-disease/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/people-have-asked-me-why-i-chose-to-be-a-dancer-i-did-not-choose-i/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/all-things-i-do-are-in-every-woman-every-woman-is-medea-every-woman/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/the-body-is-shaped-disciplined-honored-and-in-time-trusted/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/the-secret-to-dancing-is-that-it-is-about-everything-except-dancing/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/what-makes-a-great-dancer-is-not-technique-what-makes-a-great-dancer/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/the-body-is-a-sacred-garment-it-s-your-first-and-last-garment-it-is/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/you-are-unique-and-if-that-is-not-fulfilled-then-something-has-been/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/you-see-when-weaving-a-blanket-an-indian-woman-leaves-a-flaw-in-the/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/dancing-is-just-discovery-discovery-discovery-what-it-all-means-the/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/theater-used-to-be-a-verb-it-used-to-be-an-act-but-nowadays-it-is/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

> [There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/there-is-a-force-a-quickness-that-is-translated-through-you-into/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

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