Pola Negri Quotes

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

My work is not great, but it's respectable.

When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

I know there are many great talents, much more talented than I am, but they haven't been able to achieve what I have.

I believe that I am one of the greats of this generation.

I know I'm a good fighter, probably a great fighter. I've fought the best in the world since I was a kid, and I've been fortunate to come out on top.

The artist's conception of his art or the scientist's of his science is usually as great as his conception of his own worth is small.

Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain.

I'm a good judge of my own work.

I honestly don't feel that it's my music that's under-appreciated. I think that it's me that's under-appreciated. As an artist, period.

I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

I never really consider myself as a great artist. I just always like to draw.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

That’s what scares me, Gideon. You don’t know what you’re worth.” “Actually, I do. Twelve bill—” “Shut up.

Not saying I rate myself lots now, but I rate myself more because I've been exercising. I'd say a six now. Just above average. There are a lot of good-looking people out there, you see, so more than six is getting a bit cocky.

The scoreboard can't make you a loser. If you walk off the field with your head up, you don't lose. You don't hang your head for nobody. People in the stands think you're the greatest or the worst - their opinion doesn't make a difference. The only opinion that makes any difference is your own opinion of yourself.

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one.

A truly great artist has many talents.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

I know that I'm breaking down barriers. And I know that in the end I'm doing a great thing.

I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

On my best day, I am a seven-point-seven. I could be a hard eight if I felt great. If I went on a good run and had on my best pair of jeans, I could feel right on the money.

Without vanity a writer's work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession.