Anna Paliy grew up loving Isadora Duncan, not only for how she moved, but more so for what she said.
Duncan, an American dancer who dazzled audiences throughout Europe and Russia in the early 1900s, captured Paliy’s imagination during her undergrad studies in comparative literature with this quote:
![Words "Hello" in Japanese, German, Korean, Russian, English, Philippines, Chinese - in an Abstract speech bubble graphic](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ne_3btn_widget/public/hello-graphic-lead.jpg?itok=rOeb2Z-Z "Words "Hello" in Japanese, German, Korean, Russian, English, Philippines, Chinese - in an Abstract speech bubble graphic")
