Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place. — Martha Graham Actor Copy Share Image
“Don't stand when you can sit; don't sit when you can lie down.” — Martha Graham Stand Copy Share Image
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business. — Martha Graham Business Copy Share Image
It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting. — Martha Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it. — Martha Graham Barometer Copy Share Image
I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the… — Martha Graham Imagination Copy Share Image
I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent. — Martha Graham Alive 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
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. — Martha Graham Dance 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 Ahead 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
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
“Think of the magic of the foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle and the dance is… — Martha Graham Celebration Copy Share Image
I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see… — Martha Graham Action 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 Ballet Copy Share Image
One can always lament, you know — but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the… — Martha Graham Comedian 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
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 Blood 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
No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction , a blessed… — Martha Graham Alive Copy Share Image
“It takes at least five years of rigorous training to be spontaneous.” — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do. — Martha Graham Action 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 Chosen Copy Share Image
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop. — Martha Graham Believe 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
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
In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate… — Martha Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow. — Martha Graham Body Copy Share Image
There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have… — Martha Graham Action Copy Share Image
