Author: Martha Graham

Quotes

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

- Martha Graham

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

- Martha Graham

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.

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

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

- Martha Graham

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

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

- Martha Graham

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.

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

The body is a sacred garment.

The body is a sacred garment.

- Martha Graham

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

- Martha Graham

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

- Martha Graham

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