9 quotes
"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