Quotes About Talent

Music saved my life a few times because I could play the stuff rednecks loved. They thought I was great and they wondered why I didn't do that all the time.

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.

In real life I can play guitar, sure, but badly.

Mark Jones is mad as a hatter. But, he's great. He's really, really into music. I know he's married and he's got two wonderful children, but his life is music. And he's very clever with it.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

I wasn't a Prince fan until I watched Purple Rain. When I watched that, it was one of my favorite movies of all time because it shows the life of an artist.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.

I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a huge part of my life.

When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.

I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure.

I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing.

I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

I've always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for.

Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.

I am sensitive to life, and somehow acting comes to me. I cant explain it.

The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know anything about him, right?

Bill Gates is said to be Aspergian. Musician Glenn Gould is said to have been Aspergian, along with scientist Albert Einstein, actor Dan Aykroyd, writer Isaac Asimov, and movie director Alfred Hitchcock. As adults, none of those people would be described as disabled, but they were certainly eccentric and different.

believe that some kids who are in the middle to more high-functioning range of the autism continuum, like me, do not receive the proper stimulation and end up turning inward to such an extent that they can't function in society, even though they may be incredibly brilliant in some narrowly defined field, like abstract mathematics.

Talent [by which I think she meant technique] without genius is not worth much; but genius without talent is worth nothing whatsoever.