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Isadora Duncan

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Quotes by Isadora Duncan

"With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood."

- Isadora Duncan

Adversity

"Dancing: The highest intelligence in the freest body."

- Isadora Duncan

Creativity

"You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you."

- Isadora Duncan

Self-confidence

"You were wild once. Don’t let them tame you."

- Isadora Duncan

Self-confidence

"Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual."

- Isadora Duncan

Connection to Earth

"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

Philosophy

"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it."

- Isadora Duncan

Philosophy

"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it"

- Isadora Duncan

Philosophy

"The dancer’s body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul. The true dance is an expression of serenity; it is controlled by the profound rhythm of inner emotion."

- Isadora Duncan

Spirituality