There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is…

The continuous work of our life is to build death.

— Anonymous

James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of…

— Simon Newcomb

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.

— Anonymous

Art demands persistent work, work in spite of everything, and continuous observations. By persistent, I mean not only continuous work, but also not giving…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme…

— Anonymous

Talent is the capacity of doing anything that depends on application and industry and it is a voluntary power, while genius is involuntary.

— William Hazlitt

Talent is the capacity to direct concentrated attention upon the subject: "the gift of seeing what others have not seen.

— Anonymous

“If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

I like working with great talent, in every capacity. I have a rule of thumb, in any creative endeavor - whether I'm doing music…

— Malik Yoba

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

— Roger Miller

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

— David Mamet

There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.

— Chogyam Trungpa

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

— Alfred Adler

It's an intangible thing, this thing we call talent, especially if we're in a position to teach and mentor others.

— Alan Zweibel

“If these are ‘talents’ – the ability to sing, or to quickly comprehend and reproduce musical notation – what kind of a thing is…

— Zadie Smith