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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

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

– 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

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

– Margot Fonteyn

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

– Margot Fonteyn

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

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