Margot Fonteyn Quotes

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

"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 in Work quotes.

"Take your work seriously, but never yourself."
-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?"
-Margot Fonteyn in Life quotes.

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

"If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical 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

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