181 Quotes by Martha Graham

The body never lies." Martha Graham

At the time I started in ballet they were dancing 'The Spirit of Champagne' on pointe, in Paris. I thought, 'I don't want to dance the spirit of champagne, I want to drink it!

Dance is the hidden language of the soul

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

People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.

You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being.

Nothing is more revealing than movement. The body says what words cannot.

It takes at least five years of rigorous training to be spontaneous.

To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.