The magic of dance
A source page for quotes linked to Margot Fonteyn.
“I have never wanted to live to be old, so old I'd run out of friends or money.”
“...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.”
“Genius is another word for magic.”
“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”
“Dancing was something to be taken very seriously when engaged in and otherwise put out of mind.”
“Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.”
“Life offstage has sometimes been a wilderness of unpredictables in an unchoreographed world.”