I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.
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.
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
Good style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to death to get it.
Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.
Annoying people is something of a talent of mine. I gave it up for a while, but lately it's started to come back to me.
The most important thing to leverage is people. Their talents and connections will take you to great heights.
Every criminal would be an artist if he had the talent, and every artist would become a criminal if he had the guts.
Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused, but is strictly individual.
It's ridiculous, how people judge talent. Or, rather, don't judge. They just default to what everyone else thinks.
It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?
How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.
Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question.
…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
The happiest people aren't necessarily the most successful, or the most popular, or the most talented. They're the ones who are interested in the people around them.
❤Sometimes our greatest gifts and talents are birthed through great pain and suffering
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.
The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world.
The moment you blame life for who you are is that very moment you ignore your talents and inner abilities to change the world.
...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.
MIND & GRIND Self-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers
