Quotes about Talent

The businessman who wishes to gain a market by throttling a superior competitor, the worker who wants a share of his employer's wealth, the artist who envies a rival's higher talent - they're all wishing facts out of existence and destruction is the only means of their wish. If they pursue it, they will not achieve a market, a fortune, or an immortal fame - they will merely destroy production

The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like a pianist who acquires a brilliant technique by playing finger-exercises, but never gives a concert.

she had always looked for sparks of competence, like a diamond prospector in an unpromising wasteland.

When you engage in a work that taps your talent and fuels your passion -- that rises out of a great need in the world that you feel drawn by conscience to meet -- therein lies your voice, your calling, your soul's code.

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character

The Congressional Art Competition encourages and cultivates the ingenuity and creativity of young people in our region.

We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.

Jimmy Van Heusen was a top security test pilot in World War II as well as being a great songwriter. He was absolutely incredible. Van Heusen inspired me to write music.

The cost of an animated film really comes down to man hours. If you gather together world-class talent, then the question becomes how do you deploy that talent in a way that minimizes waste.

There are things you have to look at with those world-class players, but at the end of the day, they're not superheroes. They're still human.

Football is a worldwide business consortium and to satisfy that best you need to find the best players.

I couldn't be a Taylor Swift. I would really suck at being Taylor Swift.