Quotes About Expression

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.

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.

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

The body says what words cannot.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there id 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.

A dancer isn't great because of their technique...they're great because of their passion.

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

Nothing is more revealing than movement. The body says what words cannot.

The body never lies." 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.

Dancing is very like poetry.

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

There is a vitality, a life force, 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. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable it is nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul

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.

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

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

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.

The unique must be fulfilled.

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

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.

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

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

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