Talent Quotes
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Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
Edmond de Goncourt -
Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
William Butler Yeats
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
Zosia Mamet -
Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
Camille Paglia -
I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
Olesya Rulin -
I believe that every person is born with talent.
Maya Angelou -
Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
Damon Knight
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A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
Udonis Haslem -
Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.
Oscar Wilde -
Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.
Jack Kirby -
It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
Dana Brunetti -
I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
A. Bartlett Giamatti
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
Sam Mendes -
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is to not stop questioning.
Albert Einstein -
Talent is very hot.
Oscar Isaac -
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. … Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy,' you know? And it's really true. … Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.
Marilyn Monroe -
Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.
Edgar Degas
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The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.
Kate Mulgrew -
When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there's a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent.
Alan Garner -
Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent.
Benjamin Bloom -
Let the path be open to talent.
Napoleon Bonaparte