Margot Fonteyn Quotes

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Margot Fonteyn

Life, Great, Art

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?
Margot Fonteyn

Life, Try, Whether

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Margot Fonteyn

Life, Art, Mediocrity

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
Margot Fonteyn

Work, Yourself, Seriously

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.
Margot Fonteyn

Work, Important, Self

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
Margot Fonteyn

Another, Whole, Word

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.
Margot Fonteyn

Time, Great, Become

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dancer

Born: May 18, 1919

Died: February 21, 1991

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