Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
About Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (nee Hookham; 18 May 1919 – 21 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II.
Beginning ballet lessons at the age of four, she studied in England and China, where her father was transferred for his work.
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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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Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
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Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
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Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.
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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.
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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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Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
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