“It takes at least five years of rigorous training to be spontaneous.” — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body… — Martha Graham Awareness 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
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 Audience Copy Share Image
If you feel depressed you shouldn't go out on the street because it will show on your face and you'll give it… — Martha Graham Communicable diseases Copy Share Image
It takes about ten years to make a mature dancer. The training is twofold. There is the study and practice of the… — Martha Graham Aspect 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
No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body. — Martha Graham Animal Copy Share Image
The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named. — Martha Graham Dance 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 Frightening Copy Share Image
A dancer, more than any other human being, dies two deaths: the first, the physical when the powerfully trained body will no… — Martha Graham Accommodate 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
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. — Martha Graham Art Copy Share Image
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business. — Martha Graham Business Copy Share Image
“A dancer isn't great because of their technique...they're great because of their passion.” — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live… — Martha Graham Achievement Copy Share Image
It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting. — Martha Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
