The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

- Mata Hari

My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music. The temple in which I dance can be vague or f…

- Mata Hari

Everything is an illusion.

- Mata Hari

Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.

- Mata Hari

I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

- Mata Hari

I have encountered in this world riff-raff and good people. I lose. I win. I defend myself when I am attacked. I take when someone has taken from me.…

- Mata Hari

I was not content at home. . . I wanted to live like a colorful butterfly in the sun.

- Mata Hari