Martha Graham

The body is a sacred garment.

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

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

The body says what words cannot.

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.

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.

- Martha Graham