Inherent Talent Quotes

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard.

Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even for chess, but only a universal genius. The genius is a man who knows everything without having learned it.

I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.

I feel like with acting it's not like you make a choice - it's kind of in you and you have to do it or you wouldn't be able to survive.

I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

We are all Michaelangelos.

I do not think of myself as unusually creative. I think we all come from the creator, each human being streaming with the glory. So each one of us is creative.

Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

The only thing that comes naturally to me is my energy.

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA.

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical. My grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood.

I've never had to search for themes. My films just come naturally out of my interest.

The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only be attained through Hours and Hours of hard work perfecting your talent as a craft. Which is why Talent will fail you without skill.

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.

Everything that you need to succeed has been given to you.

[Songs] have to be a part of you. They have to be in your DNA. That's how I approached it.

Neither instinct nor style ..can be bought or taught.

Real talent is a mystery, and people who've got it, know it.

Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.