Quotes About Talent

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Talent is a gift, but you can only succeed with hard work.

I don't have the physical talent those guys have. My hard work has made me very good.

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision

Average talent, plus hard work and dedication, will always beat talent by itself.

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.

Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.

I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.

You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

People like me and Ozu get films made by hard work, but Shimizu is a genius.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

It is only perfection in the foundations that can lead to mastery of the whole...'Talent is Work'

People don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor.

Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what he should do.

I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.