“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is… — 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… — 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… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
...Although, as the Latin verb to educate, educate, indicates, it is not a question of putting something in but drawing it out,… — Martha Graham 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 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 Copy Share Image
Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer's art is lived… — 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
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
The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction , a blessed… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
I don't think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
“No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissastifaction; a blessed unrest… — Martha Graham 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 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
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
“There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist… — 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… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
You give all your life to doing this one thing. It sounds grim, it sounds frightening - it isn't - it has… — 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
At the time I started in ballet they were dancing 'The Spirit of Champagne' on pointe, in Paris. I thought, 'I don't… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it… — 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
