Art is communication spoken by man for humanity in a language raised above the everyday happening.

- Mary Wigman

If I could say with words what my dances express, I wouldn’t have a reason to dance.

- Mary Wigman

Strong and convincing art has never arisen from theories.

- Mary Wigman

In all my unhappiness I was moving, and suddenly, this moving became an expression, a speaking out

- Mary Wigman

I knew that, without killing the creative mood, I had to keep the balance between my emotional outburst and the merciless discipline of a super-perso…

- Mary Wigman

The dance grew into a colorful flower bouquet which caught and contained the glow of sun-happy summer days, the secret of star-studded nights, and th…

- Mary Wigman

Sometimes at night I slipped into the studio and worked myself up into a rhythmic intoxication to come closer to the slowly rising character. I could…

- Mary Wigman