Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue… — Martha Graham Achievement Copy Share Image
I'm asked so often whether I believe in life after death. I do believe in the sanctity of life, the continuity of… — Martha Graham After death Copy Share Image
“Or in the words of Martha Graham, in her book, Blood Memory, “The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and… — Martha Graham Art life Copy Share Image
I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I… — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act. — Martha Graham Action 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 Art Copy Share Image
When you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it's… — Martha Graham Choreography 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 Action Copy Share Image
If I can't dance, I don't care if my dances are ever done again! — Martha Graham Care Copy Share Image
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire.… — Martha Graham Desire Copy Share Image
I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I… — Martha Graham Absolutes 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
“There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist… — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice. — Martha Graham Class Copy Share Image
I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense… — Martha Graham Dance 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
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is… — Martha Graham Believe in yourself Copy Share Image
