You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. – Martha Graham
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. – Martha Graham
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. – Martha Graham
The human story does not always unfold like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes in life they make five or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye. – Winston Churchill