Martha Graham Quotes

"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion."

on Inspirational

"No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that others are behind the time."

on Art

"You are unique and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost."

on Identity

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul"

on Art

"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."

on Career

"To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art."

on Art

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

on Inspirational

"The body never lies."

on Truth

"Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."

on Wisdom

"'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years."

on Life

"They never raised a statue to a critic."

on Wisdom

"The only sin is mediocrity."

on Creativity

"Misery is a communicable disease."

on Wisdom

"The body says what words cannot."

on Truth