The center of the stage is where I am.

Quote by Martha Graham

Topics: Theater Quotes

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or...

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or...

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some...

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some...

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of...

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of...

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a...

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a...

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of...

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of...

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that...

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that...

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience,...

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience,...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....