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

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

New York Times interview (1985)

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.

I think the reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.

I Am A Dancer (1952)

The most brilliant scientific discoveries will in time change and perhaps grow obsolete as new scientific manifestations emerge. But art is eternal, for it reveals the inner landscape, which is the soul of man.

I Am A Dancer (1952)

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