“We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.” LifeMeanEducationPrinciplesPracticeLearningAreasDancingDanceAthleteDancerLive ByBalletAthleticsJust DanceInspirational DanceShort DanceBallet DanceDance LifeBallet DancingMotivational DanceClassical DanceDance PerformanceDance Is Life Book:Blood Memory Source: Blood Memory
“Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” InspirationalMeanFacesDesireVisionPracticePerfectionDancingDanceObstaclesGenerosityInvitingChoreographersDance Performance Author:Martha Graham
“I believe that dance was the first art. A philosopher has said that dance and architecture were the first arts. I believe that dance was first because it's gesture, it's communication. That doesn't mean it's telling a story, but it means it's communicating a feeling, a sensation to people.” PeopleFirstsBelieveMeanArtSaidStoriesFeelingsI BelieveCommunicationPhilosopherCommunicateArchitectureSensationsGestures Author:Martha Graham
“I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.” TryingMeanDancer Author:Martha Graham
“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.” ThinkingBelieveMeanUseBodyBeautifulI BelieveDisciplineAbsolutesInstrumentsI Believe InTechniqueGoddessDefiniteBeautiful BodyGods And Goddesses Author:Martha Graham
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” BelieveMeanFacesSpiritDesireI BelieveVisionPrinciplesPracticeLearningShapesAchievementIntellectualAreasPerfectionExperiencePerformancesDancingDanceAthleteSatisfactionObstaclesLive ByDedicatedPreciseInvitingDance Performance Author:Martha Graham
“Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.” MeanDisciplineDancingDanceTechniqueLiberationDancerJust DanceMusic And DanceBallroom DanceBallroom DancingBallet Dance Author:Martha Graham
“Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” MeanPracticePerfectionDancingDanceDancerVolleyballInvitingJust DanceChoreographersInspirational DanceMusic And DanceBallet DanceDance Performance Book:Blood Memory Source: Blood Memory
“I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words — the words that rest in your mouth, what words mean and how you taste them and so on. And for me the spoken word can be used almost as a gesture.” MeanUsedTasteMouthsGesturesSpoken Word Author:Martha Graham
