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
love tragedy might
I had discovered that love might be a pastime as well as a tragedy, and I gave myself to it with pagan innocence.
genius lovers my-lover
All my lovers have been geniuses; it's the one thing that I insist.
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.
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.
love peace children
So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.
american-dancer people
People do not live nowadays. They get about 10% out of life.
ideas words
ideas and words that do not make any sense.
diversity unity movement
I finally discovered the source of all movement, the unity from which all diversities of movement are born.
trends might united-states
One might say that the American trend of education is to reduce the senses almost to nil.
girl memories children
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.
writing men great-work
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.
art flower agony
No flower of art ever fully blossomed save it was nourished by tears of agony.
gestures
All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture....
farewell glory my-friends
Farewell my friends, I go to glory.