The best Quotes by Margot Fonteyn

The best Quotes by Margot Fonteyn

Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias (née Hookham; 18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
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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.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
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.
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Since when was genius found respectable?
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The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.
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Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
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Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
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The world is full of magic. Small things become big. Winter turns to spring. One thing always changes into another.
Denahi in Brother Bear
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Magic blooms only in rare souls.
Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts - 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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Where there is kindness, there is goodness and where there is goodness there is magic.
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Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.
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We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.
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Your ancestors called it magic and you call it science. Well, I come from a place where they're one in the same thing.
Thor Odinson in Thor
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Magic is very alluring. Without you she may lose herself to it.
Pabbie in Frozen
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Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."
Driss in Intouchables
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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.
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Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.
Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta
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Art is a way of survival.
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All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.
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Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people, in other words.
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Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously.
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In other words, you don't want to be serious
It takes two to be serious.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.
I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
Traveling is like flirting with life. It's like saying "I would stay and love you, but I have to go".
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The world is like a book. Those who don't travel read only one page.
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Because sometimes, even when you know how something's gonna end, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ride.
Ted Mosby in How I Met Your Mother - Season 2 Episode 14
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He that traveleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
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Traveling is magical, inspiring, and life - changing.
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Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
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I'm in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met.
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I'm in love with cities I have never been to and with people I have never met.
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Home can only be discovered abroad.
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You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.
Miriam Adeney (Author, Associate Professor of World Christian Studies)
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Get out and open your eyes, this small world is filled with things to see.
Dusan Mirkovic in Downsizing
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Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.
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Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
Taylor Swift - September 2024
Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.
Kamala Harris - September 2024
It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.
Joe Biden - August 2024

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