Martha Graham Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von Martha Graham:

The body is a sacred garment.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

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Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

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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.

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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.

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Censorship is the height of vanity.

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

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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

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No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

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Misery is a communicable disease.

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The body never lies.

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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.

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Learn by practice.

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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

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The body is a sacred garment.

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Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

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Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

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

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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.

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'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

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