Quotes about Talent
Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
— Elbert Hubbard
Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant.
— Carol Burnett
I was a wicket-keeper who opened the batting. Could I have made it? Hard to say. I probably wouldn't quite have been good enough. I might get back into it once I've finished with the football.
— James Milner
The only artists I have ever known, who are personally delightful, are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfect uninteresting in what they are.
— Oscar Wilde
There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.
— Oscar Wilde
My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
— Pablo Picasso
The Meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away
— Pablo Picasso
A hack writer who would not have been considered fourth rate in Europe. (on Mark Twain)
— William Faulkner
Every man is full of music; but it is not every man that knows how to bring it out.
— Henry Ward Beecher
No matter if you're just starting out or if you are at the peak of your career, the more you work in your strength zone, the more successful you will be.
— John Maxwell
Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become reality.
— Gordon Hinckley
So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others.
— Lee Ann Womack