Quotes About Talent

Drawing is the true test of art.

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.

Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up!

Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork.

If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it.

No one, though has to go to college to make or understand or enjoy art. Wonderful artists and critics - some of the best - have educated themselves.

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

Artists, like yourself, are born with a need to express that's just innate.

You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to teach the correct use of language.

All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts; And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts.

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!

Once they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.'

Someday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.

In all the arts abundance seems to be one of the surest signs of vocation.

People often say 'I live for my art.' Bullshit! If you are given a talent it's to be used. It's not in the private domain.

... alas! in the exercise of the arts, industry scarce bears the name of merit.

Art is all about becoming a name, a brand; it isn't based on talent or creativity.

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

Art-school girls are very nice.

There's no art where there's no fee.

First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.

I was loving music, and loving art, painting, so I was considering those things, but I must say I dug acting as well.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.

A lot of times your best sales rep, that A++ player, kills it on a regular basis...but can never describe how they do it. They look at sales as an art, not a science.