Dame Margot Fonteyn 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. Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable. It is easier to dance in a rage than in cold blood.
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. Yes, I'm fifty-three years old, but I don't think about it. 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 Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time. The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously.