List of Margot Fonteyn Quotes

Genius Is Another Word For Magic.

I Have Never Wanted To Live To Be Old, So Old I'd Run Out Of Friends Or Money.

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.

...wherever One Is, Some Part Of Oneself Remains On Another Continent.

Dancing Was Something To Be Taken Very Seriously When Engaged In And Otherwise Put Out Of Mind.

I’ve Found The Perfect Partner.

Life Offstage Has Sometimes Been A Wilderness Of Unpredictables In An Unchoreographed World.

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.

Minor Things Can Become Moments Of Great Revelation When Encountered For The First Time.

... When I Left The Stage Door And Sought My Orientation Among Real People I Was In A Wilderness Of Unpredictables In An Unchoreographed World.

There Is No Way Anything Of Value Can Be Done Without Some Framework. It Might Well Be That The Framework Is Discarded Or The Rules Opposed; That Is Not Important. What Is Essential Is That They Exist So That One Knows When One Is In Opposition To Them.

I Think Perhaps I've Learned To Be Myself. I Have A Theory That All Artists Who Would Be Important - Painters And Writers - Must Learn To Be Themselves. It Takes A Very Long Time.