My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the wave. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
I was born by the sea, and I have noticed that all the great events of my life have taken place by… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
The Dance - it is the rhythm of all that dies in order to live again; it is the eternal rising of… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul. The true dance is an expression of serenity; it is controlled… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
There are likewise three kinds of dancers: first, those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill, made up of impersonal… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Now I am going to reveal to you something which is very pure, a totally white thought. It is always in my… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
No composer has yet caught this rhythm of America - it is too mighty for the ears of most. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love -… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
My art is just an effort to express the truth of my being in gesture and movement. It has taken me long years to… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
Man must speak, then sing, then dance. The speaking is the brain, the thinking man. The singing is the emotion. The dancing is the… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
I intend to work for this dance of the future. I do not know whether I have the necessary qualities; I may have neither… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
I have only danced my life. As a child I danced the spontaneous joy of growing things. As an adolescent, I danced with joy… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
When I was sixteen, I danced before an audience without music. At the end someone suddenly cried 'its Death and the Maiden'. But that… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
It is unheard-of, uncivilized barbarism that any woman should still be forced to bear such monstrous torture. It should be remedied. It should be… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of her soul...This is the truly creative dancer, natural but not imitative, speaking in movement out… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share
