Martha Graham — American Dancer born on May 11, 1894, died on April 01, 1991

Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts, the influence of Stravinsky on music, and the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture... (wikipedia)

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.
You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.
'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.