The dancer will not belong to a nation but to all humanity. Isadora Duncan More Quotes by Isadora Duncan More Quotes From Isadora Duncan 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 ocean taken sea I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body; women, for example - out of the prison of corsets. Isadora Duncan body example mind I wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, and depriving them of any chance of doing anything beautiful or original. Isadora Duncan beautiful giving children There are joys so complete, so all perfect, that one should not survive them. Isadora Duncan should perfect joy 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 dance beautiful art 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 had the the satisfaction of getting my own way. Isadora Duncan able satisfaction way 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 half lying world The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking. Isadora Duncan dance real school 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 break-through lying years The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. Isadora Duncan essentials should-have writing The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul. Isadora Duncan music dance soul Master technique, so that technique NEVER prevents you from dancing. Isadora Duncan technique dancing masters One might say that the American trend of education is to reduce the senses almost to nil. Isadora Duncan trends united-states might Will and energy sometimes prove greater than either genius or talent or temperament. Isadora Duncan genius energy determination If I could explain, I wouldn't need to dance! Isadora Duncan dancing dance needs I have discovered the dance. I have discovered the art which has been lost for two thousand years Isadora Duncan dance years art Memories are less tangible than dreams. Isadora Duncan tangible dream memories The dancer of the future will be one whose body & soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body. Isadora Duncan dance soul together No flower of art ever fully blossomed save it was nourished by tears of agony. Isadora Duncan agony flower art The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we ourselves are living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth? Isadora Duncan cutting brother animal
