Quotes from Margot Fonteyn

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?

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.

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

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

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

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

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

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.

The most 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 disastrous.

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.

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

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