Martha Graham quotes

" Dance is the hidden language of the soul. " # Language # Dance and Dancing # Love

" The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. " # Discipline # Trust # Honor

" The body says what words cannot. " # Words

" The body is a sacred garment. " # Fashion

" Movement never lies. " # Lies and Lying

" America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage. " # America # Freedom # Power

" Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion. " # Dance and Dancing # Techniques # Books - Reading

" 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. This is the function of the American dance. " # Dance and Dancing # America # Humor

" Nothing is more revealing than movement. " # Dance and Dancing

" There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there id only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. " # Action # Time and Time Management # Translation