Quotes About Talent

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

The great talent and the greatest difficulty - isn't it what we commonly call "charm" in daily life? People are charming because they aren't aware of their charm. That's what I'm looking for: true charm. That's what cinema needs.

While you sat and played toccatas, stately at the clavichord.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

acting is an art, not a gift from God. Learn the art.

Everything we've got, or so we think, comes from natural talent and hard work. But with other people, we are quick to ascribe to them all kinds of Machiavellian tactics. This allows us to justify whatever we do, no matter the results.

The tragedy of Nixon was that he had immense political talent and intelligence; if only he had also possessed the ability to look within and measure the darker sides to his character. It is the tragedy that confronts us all to the extent that we remain in deep denial.

When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.

There Are No Superior Callings

You are one of a kind. Your combination of skills and experience is not replicable. That represents true freedom and the ultimate power we humans can possess.

The envy elicited by Sir Walter Raleigh is the worst kind: It was inspired by his natural talent and grace, which he felt was best displayed in its full flower.

Work every day on improving those skills that mesh with your unique spirit and purpose

Treating everyone equally means ignoring their differences, elevating the less skillful and suppressing those who excel.

The key to success in any field is first developing skills in various areas, which you can later combine in unique and creative ways.

This is the model: Make others dependent on you. To get rid of you might spell disaster, even death, and your master dares not tempt fate by finding out. There are many ways to obtain such a position. Foremost among them is to possess a talent and creative skill that simply cannot be replaced.

To be a brilliant exploiter of talent your position must be unshakable, or you will be accused of deception.

If people with natural gifts also possess a good work ethic and have some luck in life, envy will follow them wherever they go.

Hace falta más talento para amar que para mandar ejércitos. NINON DE L'ENCLOS

When you show yourself in the world and display your talents, you naturally stir up all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity.

But if, to avoid the taint of power, you attempt to treat everyone equally and fairly, you will confront the problem that some people do certain things better than others. Treating everyone equally means ignoring their differences, elevating the less skillful and suppressing those who excel. Again, many of those who behave this way are actually deploying another power strategy, redistributing people's rewards in a way that they determine.

So even when luck has only a minor influence on performance, the most talented and hardworking of all contestants will usually be outdone by a rival who is almost as talented and hardworking but also considerably luckier.

In the absence of genius there is always craftsmanship.

Thank you, the young mother said again. Thank you. The Black Tower protects, Logain heard himself say. Always. I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age, the woman promised, holding her son. I would have him join you, if he has the talent. The talent. Not the curse. The talent.