Quotes About Skill

All the money I have, I made with my talent.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

If one is hardworking and has faith in one's talent, I think it just adds to one's confidence.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

I am good at baking. I don't know if that counts as a talent, but I love to bake. Everybody says I'm good at it, so apparently I make the best banana bread.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

Talent should always be recognized - no one can keep it; no one owns it.

Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

Ingrid Bergman made an enormous impression on me. I couldn't imagine where that kind of acting talent came from.

Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.

Without work, talent is lost.

I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do that with the horse, or does the horse do it by itself?' I think the fact that you can make it look like you are doing nothing is a real talent. And it is such a massive reward at the end of it.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

I always like to say that you've got to... use all your talent.

Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

Talent is being able to please people.

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.

When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.

The old adage about acting - that it's 98% energy and 2% talent - is true, you know.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

I think that acting could be a talent.