1,160 Quotes About Talent

Every man, every woman, every child has some talent, some power, some opportunity of getting good and doing good. Each day offers some occasion for using this talent. As we use it, it gradually increases, improves, becomes native to the character. As we neglect it, it dwindles, withers, and disappears. This is the stern but benign law by which we live.

Asking for and receiving help is a way to prime the pump of generosity.

Hope is not some abstract, softheaded concept. It is an idea with an engine.

A clear personal brand communicates what you have to offer and attracts desirable opportunities.

There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.

If you ask me, psychopaths are more talented than the rest of us... but they're still fucking psychopaths.

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult.

Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it, frivolous—especially the visual arts, with their connotation of ”the starving artist” and the mistaken concept of necessary talent

Nūllum magnum ingenium sine mixtūrā dēmentiae fuitNo great talent without an element of madness