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
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 dance was the first art. A philosopher has said that dance and architecture were the first arts. I believe… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business. — Martha Graham 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
I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
You have no right to go before a public without an adequate technique, just because you feel. Anything feels - a leaf feels, a… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one… — 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, and with… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
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… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost. — 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 out. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
