Quotes About Talent

May be it is good that we can't quickly and easily turn the things we imagine into reality because had we had such a talent we would have so exaggerated it!

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.

I am proud that [I was] , , , enabled to guide this great talent . . . towards the superb fulfillment of its individual potentialities, towards the greatest independence.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

There's a genius in all of us.

There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

Anyone who writes is too precious to lose.

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.

Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.

The team with the best players wins.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.