Quotes About Ability

What I'm most fascinated by is the ability of art to induce changes, but remain grounded solidly in its art practice.

In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express by its means.

You have to be able to use it [art] to effect change in the community. That's what gives the film and the music an impactful legacy.

I was good at art - always good at art.

...if I can do it, it's not art.

We are capable of learning any art.

Any man who bears the ability of a polymath shall not be interfered by specialty, he needs discipline to manage his behaviors and nurture his creativity.

He said, one has to learn that painting well - in the academic and technical sense - comes right at the bottom of the list. I mean, you've got that ability. So have thousands.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

Aptitude starts with attitude.

There is a difference between CAN'T and WON'T. 'Can't' can be the result of lacking physical ability, but 'won't' has more to do with attitude.

liberty requires not just the abstract notion that you are free to choose your actions, but also the ability to exercise that freedom.

Others need more physical horsepower. Some need very little of either.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can give . . . our attention to the opportunity before us. —Mark Van Doren

Successful revolutionaries do occasionally end up in positions of power, but they seem more likely, on the historical record, to end up dead, courtesy of their comrades. In any case, revolution has its own logic, and it is, like that of politics, a logic of power. So revolution, like politics, selects out for success those with the desire and ability to wield power.

Why not hold an election?' I asked them. 'I've never had that much faith in elections,' Ran Horb said dubiously. 'An election's nothing more than a popularity contest, and popularity's hardly a measure of any kind of administrative ability.

his own father told him that talent is sort of a dark gift, that talent is its own expectation: it is there from the start and either lived up to or lost.

talent is sort of a dark gift, that talent is its own expectation: it is there from the start and either lived up to or lost.

It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely giftes as athletes, are the only ones truly able to see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied.

I should not urge thy duty past thy might.

As Gandhi recognized and demonstrated, perhaps the chief positive power we have in a world of relationships is the ability to withdraw our cooperation if the other refuses to respect our legitimate interests.

Lydia delighted her. The girl's roughness, her ability, her exuberance, were qualities desired by Sarah for her children. You could make something out of a girl like that. She had power.

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.