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Martha Graham | time

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.

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Martha Graham Nature

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer’s body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.

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Life Martha Graham

Martha Graham | life

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.

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learning Martha Graham

Martha Graham | learning

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

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health Martha Graham

Martha Graham | health

The body is a sacred garment.

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great Martha Graham

Martha Graham | great

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

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God Martha Graham

Martha Graham | god

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

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Faith Martha Graham

Martha Graham | faith

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.