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
grieving littles way
Eleonora Duse said, "Tell me about Deirdre and Patrick," and made me repeat to her all their little sayings and ways, and show her their photos, which she kissed and cried over. She never said 'Cease to grieve', but she grieved with me, and, for the first time since their death, I felt I was not alone.
beautiful dance art
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.
dance art taken
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.
love art world
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.
real spring opportunity
We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.
dance mad people
Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad?
dance school want
To dance is to live. What I want is a school of life.
body spirit should
Anybody can and should dance... It's good for the body and the spirit.
family mothers-day mom
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.
marriage intelligent feminist
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.
dance quality genius
I intend to work for this dance of the future. I do not know whether I have the necessary qualities; I may have neither genius nor talent nor temperament. But I know that I have a Will; and will and energy sometimes prove greater than either genius or talent or temperament.
writing should-have matter
The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter.
lying years break-through
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.
life women memorable
People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life.