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. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

Quote by Margot Fonteyn

Topics: Self Interest Quotes, Work Quotes

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it...

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to...

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to...

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any...

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any...

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked...

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked...

All art is an individual's expression of a culture. Cultures differ, so art looks different.

All art is an individual's expression of a culture. Cultures differ, so art looks different.