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Isadora Duncan, born on May 27, 1877, and died on September 14, 1927, was a pioneer of modern dance. She is known for her free and expressive dance style, which broke away from the constraints of classical ballet and laid the foundation for modern dance.

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Famous Isadora Duncan Quotes

“No flower of art ever fully blossomed save it was nourished by tears of agony.”

Art Tears Flower Agony

Author:Isadora Duncan

“These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever.”

People Art Rich Glory Being Rich Snobbishness

Book:My Life (Revised and Updated)

Source: My Life (Revised and Updated)

“I have discovered the dance. I have discovered the art which has been lost for two thousand years”

Years Has Beens Art Two Lost Thousand Dance Thousand Years

Book:My Life (Revised and Updated)

Source: My Life (Revised and Updated)

“It is the mission of all art to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man.”

Men Art Beautiful Highest Ideals Dance Missions

Book:The Dance

Source: The Dance

“To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate my life.”

Art Beautiful Moral Dance Missions Dancer

Book:The Dance

Source: The Dance

“America knows nothing of food, love, or art.”

Knows Art America Food Culinary Sarcastic Food Love American Food

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“My art is just an effort to express the truth of my being in gesture and movement. It has taken me long years to find even one absolutely true movement.”

Years Long Art Effort Taken Movement Art Is Dancing Dance Gestures

Book:My Life (Revised and Updated)

Source: My Life (Revised and Updated)

“I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows nothing of food, love or art.”

Knows Art States America Culture Black United United States Food Cooking Russia Bread Hotel Culinary Vodka Food Love

Author:Isadora Duncan

“The Dance of the Future will have to become again a high religious art as it was with the Greeks. For art which is not religious is not art, it is mere merchandise”

Art Religious Mere Greek Merchandise Religious Art

Book:The Dance

Source: The Dance

“To awaken human emotion is the highest level of art.”

Humans Art Levels Emotion Highest Human Emotions

Author:Isadora Duncan

“The noblest art is the nude. This truth is recognized by all, and followed by painters, sculptors and poets. Only the dancer has forgotten it, who should remember it, as the instrument of [the dance] art is the human body itself.”

Should Humans Art Body Remember Poet Truth Is Art Is Instruments Forgotten Painter Dancer Clothings Human Body Sculptors

Book:The Dance

Source: The Dance

“Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.”

World Love Art Christ This World Art Is Better Place Places To Live

Author:Isadora Duncan

“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.”

Knows Writing Years Art Hard Enough Beautiful Realizing Simple Effort Struggle Taken Hard Work Research Dance Sentences Memorable Gestures Art Of Writing

Book:My Life (Revised and Updated)

Source: My Life (Revised and Updated)

About the Author

Born: May 27, 1877
Died: September 14, 1927
Known for: Dancer
Quotes: 88

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