Don Knuth Quotes


Nothing is more revealing than movement. Martha Graham Dance 161
All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused. Martha Graham Dance 134
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. Martha Graham Uncategorized 123
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place. Martha Graham Act 105
Dance is the hidden language of the soul Martha Graham Dance 94
First we have to believe, and then we believe. Martha Graham Believe 82
You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer not just a human being. Martha Graham Dance 80
I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of manthe landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be. Martha Graham Dance 78
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 Time 74
Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion. Martha Graham Dance 69
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. Martha Graham Learning 66
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 Faith 66
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business. Martha Graham Perception 58
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. Martha Graham Art 55
At the time I started in ballet they were dancing The Spirit of Champagne on pointe in Paris. I thought I dont want to dance the spirit of champagne I want to drink it Martha Graham Drinking 55
The unique must be fulfilled. Martha Graham Individuality 55
Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart. Martha Graham Chart 50
Misery is a communicable disease. Martha Graham Communicable 50
The body is a sacred garment. Martha Graham Health 45
To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that. Martha Graham Architecture 43
The only sin is mediocrity. Martha Graham Sin 38
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. Martha Graham Ahead 35
People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer and with that you live all your life. Martha Graham Dance 33
Learn by practice. Martha Graham Learn 32
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. Martha Graham Dance 31
There is 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 it will be lost. Martha Graham Eternity 28
You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost. Martha Graham Fulfilled 27

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