Martha Graham

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

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”

“The body says what words cannot.”

“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 of time, this expression is unique.”

“Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire.”

“Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.”

“The body is a sacred garment.”

“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.”

“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the time.”

“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living.”

“You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.”

“What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.”

“Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.”

“I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice.”

“The only sin is mediocrity.”