Fire Is The Test Of Gold; Adversity,

In 1980, A Well-meaning Fundraiser Came To See Me And Said, "miss Graham, The Most Powerful Thing You Have Going For You To Raise Money Is Your Respectability." I Wanted To Spit. Respectable! Show Me Any Artist Who Wants To Be Respectable.

Some Of You Are Doomed To Be Artists.

Every Dance Is A Kind Of Fever Chart, A Graph Of The Heart. The Instrument Through Which The Dance Speaks Is Also The Instrument Through Which Life Is Lived ... The Human Body.

Some Men Have Thousands Of Reasons Why They Cannot Do What They Want To, When All They Need Is One Reason Why They Can.

Every Dance Is A Kind Of Fever Chart, A Graph Of The Heart.