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Martha Graham Quotes: To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.
         

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


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



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



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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.



The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.



Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.



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Misery is a communicable disease.



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

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



No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.





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This page presents the quote "To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.". Author of this quote is Martha Graham. This quote is about dance, philosophy, art,.