Talent Myth Quotes

In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you're not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn't need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented.

The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.

For some reason there's this myth that creativity - [especially] in terms of creative writing - is a gift you either have, or you don't. So when people first start writing, if they write something that's not very good, or if they try and it's difficult, they go, "Oh, I guess I don't have it." That doesn't seem very fair, you have to try and you have to work at it. If we get scared of one bad poem and quit, that's not doing anybody any good.

Talent! There's no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous hard work in the right way.

I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.

Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop.

I'm not saying none of these guys are talented, but people think Ed Sheeran crawled off a couch and lived on the street or something, but him, Ellie Goulding... they all come from Suffolk, Surrey, Richmond... they come from support.

As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.

Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?

If somebody is deemed more talented within the confines of the school it doesn't mean they're going to have the most successful career.

Art is all about becoming a name, a brand; it isn't based on talent or creativity.