Quotes About Talent

Being funny is a gift, and, when done well, is an art form.

I had had no art training.

Those art lovers who pride themselves mostly on *taste* usually possess no other talent.

Art without heart is craft.

Sometimes people save the best part of themselves for their art.

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

Beerbohm was a genius of the purest kind. He stands at the summit of his art.

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

Knowing when you're not good at something and knowing when you are good at something is an art-form.

Writing talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you are either born with it or you aren't.

Normal people do not create art.

We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.

As I said, i'm very quiet, i don't go around saying "I'm awesome!" but when I brought in my portfolio into DreamWorks and showed them what I could do, my art style is a lot wilder than I am.

What I'm good at is making art.

I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.

Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.

Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by it.

I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."

The great artist takes what he needs.

If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out.

I went to school for fine art. I'm a decent housepainter, but I'm a really good fine art painter.

The artist is justified by his art.