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Margot Fonteyn Quotes (1919-1991)
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About Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn (18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991) was a British ballet dancer, born Margaret Hookham, and nicknamed "Peggy".
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“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 very first time.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?
• Variant: 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?”
• Variant: 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?”
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Margot Fonteyn on Magic (supernatural)
“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”
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Margot Fonteyn on Genius
“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”
Margot Fonteyn on Moment
“Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the very first time.”
Margot Fonteyn on Artist
“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 on Art
“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.”
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Meredith Daneman on Margot Fonteyn
“How to put something so visual, so potent with theatrical moment that even film cannot capture it, into plain words? How to explain why it is that when, to a particular strain of music, an ordinary mortal steps forward on one leg, raises the other behind her and lifts her arms above her head, the angels hold their breath?”
About Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn (18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991) was a British ballet dancer, born Margaret Hookham, and nicknamed "Peggy".