There is nothing new in art except talent. —Anton Chekhov More about this quote Tags: talent art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. —Henri Matisse More about this quote Tags: talent music audience liveliness jazz improvisation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent. —Scott Adams More about this quote Tags: talent time decisions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. —Robert Benchley More about this quote Tags: talent writing fame Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry department. And I wrote some good stuff. If I had been in the English department, the prof would have looked at my short stories, congratulated me on my talent, and then showed me how Joyce or Hemingway handled the same elements of the short story. The prof would have placed me in competition with the greatest writers of all time, and that would have ended my writing career. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: talent career writing English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email