Source: Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography (1975), p. 272
Variant: Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?
As quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) by James Beasley Simpson
Context: I need to have a purpose in life and for that I might sacrifice some of the luxuries that I enjoy; fortunately I am fairly adaptable. I try to be aware, flexible and unbiased in my thinking. If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?
Famous Margot Fonteyn Quotes
“What a beautiful step! I shall never be able to do it.”
As quoted in Encyclopedia of World Biography (1998) edited by Paula Kay Byers and Suzanne Michele Bourgoin, Vol. Hox-Kie, p. 504
Source: Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography (1975), p. 81
“Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the very first time.”
Source: Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography (1975), p. 9
As quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) by James Beasley Simpson; also quoted in Running on Empty: Meditations for Indispensable Women (1992) by Ellen Sue Stern, p. 235
Paraphrased variants: The most 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 disastrous.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”
As quoted in Thoughts from Earth (2004) by James Randall Miller
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