Martha Graham

The body says what words cannot.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

The body is a sacred garment.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

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.

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. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.