To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art. - Martha Graham
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. - Martha Graham
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. - Martha Graham
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business. - Martha Graham
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
Dancing is very like poetry. - Martha Graham
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. - Martha Graham
The body says what words cannot. - Martha Graham
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
The only sin is mediocrity. - Martha Graham
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. - Martha Graham
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
The body is a sacred garment. - Martha Graham
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. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. - Martha Graham
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion. - Martha Graham
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. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. - Martha Graham