Dancer Martha Graham, born May 11, 1894, photographed by Barbara Morgan. (Image via: theanatomyofmelancholy) “You do not have to believe in yourself or your work. It is not your business to determine how good it is, how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. But it is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open… No artist is pleased…  There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, the expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through another medium and will be lost. The world will never have it.” — Martha Graham, via: Nathaniel Stewart: Self Vs. Self: A Reminder To Myself (via tiaramerchgirl) thanks to Reclusland for that last paragraph.)

Dancer Martha Graham, born May 11, 1894, photographed by Barbara Morgan. (Image via: theanatomyofmelancholy)

“You do not have to believe in yourself or your work. It is not your business to determine how good it is, how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. But it is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly to the urges that motivate you.

Keep the channel open… No artist is pleased…  There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, the expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through another medium and will be lost. The world will never have it.”

— Martha Graham, via: Nathaniel Stewart: Self Vs. Self: A Reminder To Myself (via tiaramerchgirl)

thanks to Reclusland for that last paragraph.)

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