WIST Quotations

Duncan, Isadora -- “Memoirs” (1924), This Quarter Magazine (1929-07/09)

Dave — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:36:37 +0000

So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) American dancer, choreographer
“Memoirs” (1924), This Quarter Magazine (1929-07/09)
(Source)

From the first chapter of her memoirs, dictated in Berlin but never completed. The phrase does not occur in her 1927 autobiography, My Life.

Duncan, Isadora -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) American dancer, choreographer
(Attributed)

Duncan, Isadora -- My Life, Introduction (1927)

Dave — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:40:38 +0000

It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main character remains exactly the same.

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) American dancer, choreographer
My Life, Introduction (1927)
(Source)

Duncan, Isadora -- Curtain speech, Symphony Hall, Boston (1922)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Don’t let them tame you!

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) American dancer, choreographer
Curtain speech, Symphony Hall, Boston (1922)