Martha Graham

Cited in College Students- Focus On This for the imperative to publish and “keep the channel open” — “It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.”

Context: Martha Graham (1894–1991) was an American modern-dance pioneer and choreographer whose technique reshaped 20th-century dance. The widely-quoted “keep the channel open” passage comes to us via Agnes de Mille’s account of Graham’s advice on creative expression.

Where this appears

• College Students- Focus On This — quoted on keeping the creative “channel open” and publishing regardless of perceived quality