Martha Graham Quotes

Emotional sounds don't lie.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Feelings don't lie.

My body is a compass - and it does not lie.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

Our first intuitions are the true ones.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and honest way.

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

What I say is how I feel.

The Great Man's sincerity is of the kind he cannot speak of, is not conscious of: nay, I suppose, he is conscious rather of insincerity; for what man can walk accurately by the law of truth for one day? No, the Great Man does not boast himself sincere, far from that; perhaps does not ask himself if he is so: I would say rather, his sincerity does not depend on himself; he cannot help being sincere!

The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else more than truth.

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.

I think you find universal truth when you get really honest with yourself and you can reach people. If you go deep enough, you have that core feeling, and that feeling can transcend the details of your experience.

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

There's so much of our psychological makeup which is impermissible for us to explore because it's inappropriate or perverse or scary. I'm interested in exploring that in myself. I try to be honest with myself about everything that I feel. I'm not saying I'm able to do that all the time, but it's something I'm interested in.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth.

The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present.

We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.