Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan
Angela Isadora Duncanwas an American dancer. Born in California, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. She performed to acclaim throughout Europe...
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth27 May 1877
CitySan Francisco, CA
beautiful children giving
I wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, and depriving them of any chance of doing anything beautiful or original.
dance soul together
The dancer of the future will be one whose body & soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body.
successful earth ideals
I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth.
dance expression movement
I am seeking that dance which might be the divine expression of the human spirit through the medium of the body's movement.
gymnastics ballet movement
Movements are as eloquent as words.
dance giving people
A dancer, if she is great, can give to the people something that they can carry with them forever. They can never forget it, and it has changed them, though they may never know it.
brother cutting animal
The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we ourselves are living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth?
dance needs if-i-could
If I could explain, I wouldn't need to dance!
dance art years
I have discovered the dance. I have discovered the art which has been lost for two thousand years
beauty love-is artist
The artist is the only lover; he alone has the pure vision of beauty, and love is the vision of the soul when it is permitted to gaze upon immortal beauty.
beautiful dance art
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.
writing should-have matter
The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter.
dream memories tangible
Memories are less tangible than dreams.
ocean taken sea
I was born by the sea, and I have noticed that all the great events of my life have taken place by the sea. My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves.