Martha Graham's Quote - I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancers body

Quote by Martha Graham

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancers body

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancers 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. – Martha Graham

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Dancers are the messengers of the gods. – Martha Graham

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The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. – Martha Graham

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