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 world laziness
I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.
thinking body gestures
The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.
dance thinking mirrors
The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
inspirational dance thinking
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.
art thinking moments
I don't think in Art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one & terrifying & threatening & bursting with hope.
thinking perspective people
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.
above below blood dare explore extract fail feelings found heaven life seem unknown
Who has not found the Heaven below / Will fail of it above ... His eagerness, his voracity, a blood memory, in the sense that he can extract more from his life than what he has really lived. He must have a will to explore unknown feelings and dare to feel them. This may seem terrifying, but it has to be done because there is no other option.
best kids
I am unbelievably relieved. He is one of the best kids in the world.
american-dancer dance hidden language
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
body dance expresses human instrument itself life
the instrument by which the dance expresses itself is also the instrument by which life is lived: the human body.
strong memories past
I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory
people want alive
I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.
beautiful jobs interesting
It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting.
dance memories essence
It is difficult to see the great dance effects as they happen, to see them accurately, catch them fast in memory. It is even more difficult to verbalize them for critical discussion. The particular essence of a performance, its human sweep of articulate rhythm in space and in time has no specific terminology to describe it by.