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Quote by Martha Graham
We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affir

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

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To me, a building – if its beautiful – is the love of one man, hes made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that. – Martha Graham

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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. – Martha Graham

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The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking. – Isadora Duncan

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How inimitably graceful children are in general before they learn to dance! – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act. – Lord Chesterfield

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I just put my feet in the air and move them around. – Fred Astaire

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