“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is… — Martha Graham Art Copy Share Image
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living,… — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words — the words that rest in your… — Martha Graham Gestures Copy Share Image
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from… — Martha Graham Achievement 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
Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow… — Martha Graham Bones Copy Share Image
To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love… — Martha Graham Architecture Copy Share Image
I have heard stories that it was love at first sight for both of us, that we disappeared to a guest room… — Martha Graham Beach Copy Share Image
I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do. — Martha Graham Action 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
All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it… — Martha Graham Dance Copy Share Image
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion. — Martha Graham Care Copy Share Image
Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation. — Martha Graham Ballet dance Copy Share Image
The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and… — Martha Graham Acceptance Copy Share Image
I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the… — Martha Graham Apathetic 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 believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop. — Martha Graham Believe Copy Share Image