Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Quote by Havelock Ellis

Topics: Art Quotes, Life Quotes

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find...

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Charm - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is...

Charm - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is...

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life...

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life...

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as...

The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as...

When love is suppressed hate takes its place

When love is suppressed hate takes its place

Liberty is always unfinished business

Liberty is always unfinished business

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.

No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the...

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the...