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
ambition hands achievement
generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands.
remains continents oneself
...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.
daughter mother age
The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying so hard to break away from parental influence.
magic genius inexplicable
Genius is another word for magic.
advice alike art life mediocrity pretension sort
Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike