In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength. – Martha Graham
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. – Martha Graham
We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance. – Martha Graham
To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam. – Giada De Laurentiis