intrinsic talent Quotes

You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil. One may be able to acquire a certain technical facility, but no one can ever 'acquire an exceptional talent.' I have never prided myself on having an unusually gifted pupil. A Pavlova is no one's pupil but God's.

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.

Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.

I just rely on natural talent," said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much.

You have to have a talent for having talent.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

If you're born with a gift, to behave like it's an achievement is not right.

You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.

Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.

You have a talent that comes from inside you, from your heart, not your fingers. What you have can’t ever go away. It’s what other people only dream about. You’re an artist.

Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value of diligence and focus, and they pay for this later in life.

Don't say I'm not talented. If you haven't noticed, I wasn't made. I was found.

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

I don't think you can learn to be a complete musician. That has to come from within, and it entails a lot of sacrifice.

[Saniyya Sidney] was very serious about her work and her craft, and she wanted to be good, and she wanted to work on it. So I said, "Ok." It was as simple as that. She was just right. She just has it.

My style of play has always been the same. I never tried to develop a specific style. From very young I just played this way.

You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's in your heart, you express yourself in the tune.

My thing I liked was to challenge guys that were smaller, guys that were supposed to be quicker. Because I think self-consciously I was trying to prove to people it wasn't just my height that was getting me across in these various sports. It was some other intrinsic things that I had that made me a good athlete.

I will say from the outset, I think if you're great, you're great from the very beginning. And because I do think it is innate and I do think it is a gift you just have, and I don't think you can - you can hone the skills of a director, but sadly, I do think that you are born a great director. I think it's just in you and it's something that is deep in you. But, I find it can be difficult working with first-time directors, but it's also moving.

The artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring.

An awful lot of actors who are considered very good actors are not very good actors. There are people who just strike gold, they have intrinsic talent, but the point is that if they did train, it would not inhibit them. If they were with a good teacher, it would only broaden them more.

With what has occurred in my life, the baseball field is where I feel most comfortable. That's what I feel I was born to do and it's what I do best.