Quotes About Talent

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

It's human nature to be optimistic. Any fool can enter a market, it takes talent to exit consistently and profitably.

Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.

One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering.

The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist

If they're [his clients] not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.

Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.

I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.

I had been performing since I was 5, so it wasn't like I hadn't been on a stage before. I was always older than my age. That's my nature. I've always been a kind of mature kid.

I started working in music very young, I was raised by a family of musicians and performers, so I guess it was more second nature than making an actual decision.

We all have our essential nature. If you're good with numbers, you don't even know you're good with numbers because that's how your mind works.

Choosing the right career is the most difficult task for a person who is multi-talented and versatile. Because its hard to decide what field to go into, when you are good at too many things.

...you can be talented as a wolf is breathtakingly fierce...silver and gray, like smoke in the trees - but what do you do with terrible beauty?...

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted.

Talent is long patience.

patience is an integral part of talent.

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind.

No matter what level of your ability you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.

I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't go by that philosophy. Let's just recognize that talent is within.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.