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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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“If I could say it, I would not have to dance it.”

Author:Isadora Duncan

“If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it”

“Many women to whom I have preached the doctrine of freedom have weakly replied, 'But who is to support the children?' It seems to me that if the marriage ceremony is needed as a protection to insure the enforced support of children, then you are marrying a man who, you suspect, would under certain conditions, refuse to support his children, and it is a pretty low-down proposition. For you are marrying a man whom you already suspect of being a villain. But I have not so poor an opinion of men that I believe the greater percentage of them to be such low specimens of humanity.”

“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.”

Ifs Way Should Able Wanted My Own Satisfaction Disaster Calamity

Author:Isadora Duncan

“A dancer, if she is great, can give to the people something that they can carry with them forever. They can never forget it, and it has changed them, though they may never know it.”

People Ifs Knows Giving May Forget Forever Changed Dance Dancer Never Forget Forget It

Author:Isadora Duncan

“If I could explain, I wouldn't need to dance!”

Ifs Needs Dancing Dance If I Could

Author:Isadora Duncan

“If we seek the real source of the dance, if we go to nature, we find that the dance of the future is the dance of the past, the dance of eternity, and has been and always will be the same... The movement of waves, of winds, of the earth is ever the same lasting harmony.”

Ifs Has Beens Real Earth Past Movement Wind Source Eternity Harmony Dance Wave Lasting

Book:The Dance

Source: The Dance

“Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters and champagne. If people ask me when I began to dance, I reply 'In my mother's womb, probably as a result of the oysters and Champagne.'”

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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