David Amram Quotes

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft, but there's very few.

There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.

[Hariharan is] an outstanding writer.

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius.

Talent seduces us into interpretation. My sister could draw wonderfully, but she would never have hit upon the idea of becoming a painter. I never had that extreme talent.

You have a one of a kind gift to offer this world, and you are unique in the entire history of creation.

You are either born a writer or you are not.

There's no denying that Caruso came with a voice?that Beethoven came with music in his soul, Picasso was drawing like an angel in the crib.You're born with it.

Genius declares itself to be a kind of higher masculinity.

I see someone like John Williams, the classical player, and the amount of discipline and the natural ability that man has is so frightening. That requires so much natural talent. And I think my talent came from just practising, and I feel a bit intimidated when I see players that good.

The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.

She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.

I was never a prodigy. I was never a child genius.

We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

the distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.

Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.

Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.

... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.

Elizabeth Searle writes with intelligence, passion and wit. She's one of the best young writers around.