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Margot Fonteyn Quotes

1919–1991 England

Dame Margot Fonteyn (18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991) was a British ballet dancer, born Margaret Hookham, and nicknamed "Peggy".

England
Dancers

Also known as: Fonteyn, Margot

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

Thoughts from Earth (2004)

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 : Autobiography‎ (1975)

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

Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography‎ (1975)

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.

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations‎ (1988)

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 : Autobiography‎ (1975)

What a beautiful step! I shall never be able to do it.

Encyclopedia of World Biography (1998)

I need to have a purpose in life and for that I might sacrifice some of the luxuries that I enjoy; fortunately I am fairly adaptable. I try to be aware, flexible and unbiased in my thinking. 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 : Autobiography‎ (1975)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Margot Fonteyn (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.