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Martha Graham

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The only sin is mediocrity.


— Martha Graham


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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.


— Martha Graham


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First we have to believe, and then we believe.


— Martha Graham


#first #then

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.


— Martha Graham


#comparatively #dance #foot #magic #miracle

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.


— Martha Graham


#dance #hidden #language #soul

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.


— Martha Graham


#dance #every #fever #graph #heart

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 time, this expression is unique.


— Martha Graham


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The body says what words cannot.


— Martha Graham


#cannot #says #words

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.


— Martha Graham


#before #noun #place #theater #verb

Censorship is the height of vanity.


— Martha Graham


#height #vanity






About Martha Graham

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Did you know about Martha Graham?

As Glen Tetley told Agnes de Mille “The wonderful thing about Martha in her good days was her generosity. She boils down her moods and movements until they are devoid of all extraneous substances and are concentrated to the highest degree. In her lifetime Martha Graham received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown.

Sometimes it is not pleasant. Martha Graham (May 11 1894 – April 1 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on the modern visual artsStravinsky had on music or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture. In her lifetime Martha Graham received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown.

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