{"author":"Martha Graham","author_id":"Martha+Graham","total_quotes":45,"quotes":[{"text":"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. ","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["dance"],"id":339,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"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!","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["drinking"],"id":6488,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"The body is a sacred garment.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["body","sacred","garment "],"id":7301,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["god","dance","practice "],"id":20388,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and 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 be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["art","artists","disatisfaction","empowerment","inspirational","motivation","satisfaction"],"id":21730,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"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 it will be lost.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["dance","eternity","expression","one","time"],"id":32022,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"I never set out to create a technique. I started out on the floor to find myself, to find what the body could do, and what would give me satisfaction - emotionally, dramatically and bodily. But I did not ever dream of establishing a technique. I still can't believe anything like that happened.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["creativity","dance","technique"],"id":45219,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"Dancing is very like poetry.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["art","creativity","dance","poetry"],"id":56782,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. ","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["dance"],"id":63718,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"},{"text":"The body never lies.","author":"Martha Graham","tags":["never"],"id":65294,"author_id":"Martha+Graham"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}