When I was sixteen, I danced before an audience without music. At the end someone suddenly cried 'its Death and the Maiden'. But that was not my intention; I was only endeavoring to express my first knowledge of the underlying… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Eleonora Duse said, "Tell me about Deirdre and Patrick," and made me repeat to her all their little sayings and ways, and show her their photos, which she kissed and cried over. She never said 'Cease to grieve', but she… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
All my lovers have been geniuses; it's the one thing that I insist. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
