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Martha Graham - From the Affirmation category:
We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Critics category:
They never raised a statue to a critic. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Dissatisfaction category:
No artist is pleased. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Greatness category:
Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Individuality category:
It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares to other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Language category:
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Motivation category:
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open... (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Motivation category:
-to Agnes DeMille, in Dance of the Piper...
It is not your business to determine / How good it is, nor how valuable, / Nor how it compares with other expressions. / It is your business to keep it yours / Clearly and directly, / To stay open and aware / To the urges that motivate you. / Keep the channel open. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Perfection category:
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Practice category:
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Timeliness category:
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that the others are behind the time. (Martha Graham)
Martha Graham - From the Uniqueness category:
-to Agnes DeMille, in Dance of the Piper...
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it. (Martha Graham)
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