Margot Fonteyn
Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE, was an English ballerina. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth18 May 1919
Margot Fonteyn quotes about
dance art people
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.
self-esteem esteem
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
dance attitude self-esteem
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.
dance magic genius
Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
dance ballet way
Ballet is more than a profession - it is a way of life.
ambition hands achievement
generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands.
dance
I explained it when I danced it.
home curse continents
Traveling carries with it the curse of being at home everywhere and yet nowhere, for wherever one is some part of oneself remains on another continent.
dance children jumping
Jumping for joy' is a very basic human reaction, and a child skipping down the street is simply an untrained dancer.
dance civilization special
The world of dance is a natural world from which civilization has divorced many of us by making it appear remote - something reserved for the few who have a special talent.
athlete artist dancing
Dancers are both athletes and artists.
world sometimes wilderness
Life offstage has sometimes been a wilderness of unpredictables in an unchoreographed world.
dance firsts moments
Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time
remains continents oneself
...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.