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Martha Graham Quote: “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.”

101. “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

Martha Graham Quote: “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.”

102. “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

Martha Graham Quote: “Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.”

103. “Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “In 1980, a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, “Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you to raise money is your respectability.” I wanted to spit. Respectable! Show me any artist who wants to be respectable.”

104. “In 1980, a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, “Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you to raise money is your respectability.” I wanted to spit. Respectable! Show me any artist who wants to be respectable.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.”

105. “I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies – bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “It takes at least five years of rigorous training to be spontaneous.”

106. “It takes at least five years of rigorous training to be spontaneous.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.”

107. “I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “Some of you are doomed to be artists.”

108. “Some of you are doomed to be artists.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less.”

109. “A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won’t settle for anything less.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “At the time I started in ballet they were dancing ‘The Spirit of Champagne’ on pointe, in Paris. I thought, ‘I don’t want to dance the spirit of champagne, I want to drink it!”

110. “At the time I started in ballet they were dancing ‘The Spirit of Champagne’ on pointe, in Paris. I thought, ‘I don’t want to dance the spirit of champagne, I want to drink it!”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “There is a fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration; there are daily small deaths.”

111. “There is a fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration; there are daily small deaths.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “Dancing is very like poetry.”

112. “Dancing is very like poetry.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “I never set out to create a technique. I started out on the floor to find myself, to find what the body could do, and what would give me satisfaction – emotionally, dramatically and bodily. But I did not ever dream of establishing a technique. I still can’t believe anything like that happened.”

113. “I never set out to create a technique. I started out on the floor to find myself, to find what the body could do, and what would give me satisfaction – emotionally, dramatically and bodily. But I did not ever dream of establishing a technique. I still can’t believe anything like that happened.”

— Martha Graham

Martha Graham Quote: “I don’t try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.”

114. “I don’t try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.”

— Martha Graham

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