Explore Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings
Welcome to the biggest collection of quotations, proverbs and sayings! If you are looking for a specific quotation, proverb or saying, check our universal database. We have collected over 150,000 inspirational quotations, funny quotations, movie quotations, famous proverbs and cute sayings that we would like to share with you. Find quotations, proverbs and sayings for any occasion and view them all for free.
Browse quotations by author, topic or keyword.
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "M" » Martha Graham Quotes
(Click a letter to view the authors)
«If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Action,
Questioning,
Soul
| Keywords:
at bottom, Immortality of the Soul, one generation
«Misery is a communicable disease.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| Keywords:
communicable, communicable disease
«You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Custom
| Keywords:
blanket, flaw, Indian, weaving
«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 a miracle.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Action,
Miracles
| Keywords:
another planet, dancer, exotic, imitated, phenomenon, wave
«'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Maturity
| Keywords:
acceptance, maturity, term
«All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is a mother to her husband. Clytemnestra is every woman when she kills.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
Clytemnestra, Her husband, Jocasta
«America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| Keywords:
arrived, dramatic, Impressionism, psyche, stand still, stock, vitality
«Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.»
«Censorship is the height of vanity.»
«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.»
Get access to over 800,000 college papers on the most popular topics for only $14.95/month.
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
