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I never set out to create a technique. I started out on the floor to find myself, to find what the body could do, and what would give me satisfaction - emotionally, dramatically and bodily. But I did not ever dream of establishing a technique. I still can't believe anything like that happened.

I never set out to create a technique. I started out on the floor to find myself, to find what the body could do, and what would give me satisfaction - emotionally, dramatically and bodily. But I did not ever dream of establishing a technique. I still can't believe anything like that happened.

Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern

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Martha Graham
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Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Martha Graham: life dates 1894 to 1991. Wikidata Q487604, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487604 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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