Martha Graham

Martha Graham (1894-1991) was an American dancer and choreographer of the US. She founded Martha Graham Dance Company and innovated modern dance. Martha received Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Misery is a communicable disease.
• The body says what words cannot.

- interview, The New York Times, March 31, 1985

• Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.

- interview, The New York Times, March 31, 1985

• Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

- interview, The New York Times, March 31, 1985

• The only sin is mediocrity.

- interview, The New York Times, March 31, 1985

Jean Rhys