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Isadora Duncan Quotes

I had discovered that love might be a pastime as well as a tragedy, and I gave myself to it with pagan innocence Picture Quote #1

The whole world is absolutely brought up on lies. We are fed nothing but lies. It begins with lies and half our lives we live with lies Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved Picture Quote #1

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter Picture Quote #1

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet Picture Quote #1

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So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world Picture Quote #1

Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad? Picture Quote #1

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences Picture Quote #1

These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There are likewise three kinds of dancers: first, those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill, made up of impersonal and graceful arabesques; second, those who, by concentrating their minds, lead the body into the rhythm of a desired emotion, expressing a remembered feeling or experience. And finally, there are those who convert the body into a luminous fluidity, surrendering it to the inspiration of the soul Picture Quote #1

I am seeking that dance which might be the divine expression of the human spirit through the medium of the body’s movement Picture Quote #1

It is the mission of all art to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man Picture Quote #1

I hope that schools have changed since I was a little girl. My memory of the teaching of the public schools is that it showed the brutal incomprehension of children Picture Quote #1

To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate my life Picture Quote #1

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I have only danced my life. As a child I danced the spontaneous joy of growing things. As an adolescent, I danced with joy turning to apprehension of the first realisation of tragic undercurrents; apprehension of the pitiless brutality and crushing progress of life Picture Quote #1

For I was never able to understand, then or later on, why, if one wanted to do a thing, one should not do it. For I have never waited to do as I wished. This has frequently brought me to disaster and calamity, but at least I have the satisfaction of getting my own way Picture Quote #1

If we seek the real source of the dance, if we go to nature, we find that the dance of the future is the dance of the past, the dance of eternity, and has been and always will be the same... The movement of waves, of winds, of the earth is ever the same lasting harmony Picture Quote #1

Let us first teach little children to breathe, to vibrate, to feel, and to become one with the general harmony and movement of nature. Let us first produce a beautiful human being, a dancing child Picture Quote #1

My art is just an effort to express the truth of my being in gesture and movement. It has taken me long years to find even one absolutely true movement Picture Quote #1

The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth Picture Quote #1

Any woman or man who would write the truth of their lives would write a great work. But no one has dared to write the truth of their lives Picture Quote #1

I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures, night after night, and the caprices, the way of looking at life, and the entire rigmarole disgusted me Picture Quote #1

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I had discovered that love might be a pastime as well as a tragedy, and I gave myself to it with pagan innocence (Isadora Duncan Quotes) The whole world is absolutely brought up on lies. We are fed nothing but lies. It begins with lies and half our lives we live with lies (Isadora Duncan Quotes) 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 (Isadora Duncan Quotes) Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved (Isadora Duncan Quotes) The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter (Isadora Duncan Quotes) The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet (Isadora Duncan Quotes) So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world (Isadora Duncan Quotes) Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad? (Isadora Duncan Quotes) Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them (Isadora Duncan Quotes) 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 (Isadora Duncan Quotes) Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences (Isadora Duncan Quotes) These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever (Isadora Duncan Quotes) 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 (Isadora Duncan Quotes) There are likewise three kinds of dancers: first, those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill, made up of impersonal and graceful arabesques; second, those who, by concentrating their minds, lead the body into the rhythm of a desired emotion, expressing a remembered feeling or experience. And finally, there are those who convert the body into a luminous fluidity, surrendering it to the inspiration of the soul (Isadora Duncan Quotes) I am seeking that dance which might be the divine expression of the human spirit through the medium of the body’s movement (Isadora Duncan Quotes) It is the mission of all art to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man (Isadora Duncan Quotes) I hope that schools have changed since I was a little girl. My memory of the teaching of the public schools is that it showed the brutal incomprehension of children (Isadora Duncan Quotes) To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate my life (Isadora Duncan Quotes) I have only danced my life. As a child I danced the spontaneous joy of growing things. As an adolescent, I danced with joy turning to apprehension of the first realisation of tragic undercurrents; apprehension of the pitiless brutality and crushing progress of life (Isadora Duncan Quotes) For I was never able to understand, then or later on, why, if one wanted to do a thing, one should not do it. For I have never waited to do as I wished. This has frequently brought me to disaster and calamity, but at least I have the satisfaction of getting my own way (Isadora Duncan Quotes) If we seek the real source of the dance, if we go to nature, we find that the dance of the future is the dance of the past, the dance of eternity, and has been and always will be the same... The movement of waves, of winds, of the earth is ever the same lasting harmony (Isadora Duncan Quotes) Let us first teach little children to breathe, to vibrate, to feel, and to become one with the general harmony and movement of nature. Let us first produce a beautiful human being, a dancing child (Isadora Duncan Quotes) My art is just an effort to express the truth of my being in gesture and movement. It has taken me long years to find even one absolutely true movement (Isadora Duncan Quotes) The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body (Isadora Duncan Quotes) 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 (Isadora Duncan Quotes) I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth (Isadora Duncan Quotes) Any woman or man who would write the truth of their lives would write a great work. But no one has dared to write the truth of their lives (Isadora Duncan Quotes) I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures, night after night, and the caprices, the way of looking at life, and the entire rigmarole disgusted me (Isadora Duncan Quotes)

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