No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. Other Martha Graham quotes: 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, […]
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Photo quotes: Isadora Duncan on dancers’ bodies
“The dancer’s body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.” – Isadora Duncan
Photo quotes: Margot Fonteyn “Take your work seriously, but never yourself.”
“Take your work seriously, but never yourself.” – Margot Fonteyn
Photo quotes: Martha Graham on individuality
“You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.” – Martha Graham
Photo quotes: Albert Einstein on Creativity
“Creativity is intelligence having fun” – Albert Einstein
Thomas Allen on Jenkins, Watson & Co: ‘These people have never sung an opera in their lives’
In today’s Independent, Sir Thomas Allen speaks his mind about the Katherine Jenkins and Russell Watson school of singing: I refuse to give in to this fake popularisation and lowbrow quality, and people claiming to be opera singers when they’ve never sung in an opera – it’s a deceit. Those singers could never do the real thing, […]
Joanna Lumley
“I’ve never believed in saying what you think. You should find a way of not telling the truth. Try to be as nice as possible.”
Marquis de la Grange
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” – Marquis de la Grange (1639 – 1692)
Corrado Alvaro (Italian journalist)
“The blackest despair that can take hold of any society is the fear that living honestly is futile.”
Oliver Edwards (English lawyer, 1711-91)
“I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don’t know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.”
