Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Martha Grahamwas an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts, the influence of Stravinsky on music, and the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth11 May 1894
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
thinking body gestures
The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.
men soul landscape
Dance is the landscape of man's soul.
passion dancer technique
What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.
believe continuity-of-life wicked
I'm asked so often whether I believe in life after death. I do believe in the sanctity of life, the continuity of life and of energy. I know the anonymity of death has no appeal for me. It is the now that I must face and want to face.
dance soul weaving
You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.
positive uplifting dance
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.
dancer use way
I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable.
women america mind
Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.
art men soul
Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.
time past people
The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or feeling takes place can be at any time. Timeless feelings are common to all of us.
unique being-unique all-time
There is only one you in all time.
believe yesterday today
I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.
dance years dancing
It takes ten years, usually, to make a dancer. It takes ten years of handling the instrument, handling the material with which you are dealing, for you to know it completely.
dance mediocrity sin
The only sin is mediocrity.