“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
Amateurs do things 'till they get it right. Pros do it 'till they can't get it wrong. — Steven Jackson Copy Share Image
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around. — Alexander Sutherland Neill Copy Share Image
Before television, there was a piano in many homes in this country. People played instruments on an amateur level and because of… — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
“Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.” — Kathy Mangold Copy Share Image
LSU fans have descended upon Dallas and reminded us of this truth: when it comes to partying, they're the pros and we're… — Pat Forde Copy Share Image
As a wise man once said, April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pro-ams in China are the strangest of anywhere, because the amateurs don't have handicaps and everyone must play off scratch. — Shane Lowry Copy Share Image
We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“I always thought that inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
“All men who run for presidency of the United States are amateurs; there is no way of becoming a professional at it,… — Theodore H. White Copy Share Image
“We are such sticklers for tradition in insisting on an amateur captain, regardless of the question of whether he can pull his… — John Berry Hobbs Copy Share Image
Dealing with Jazz at Lincoln Center and its board of directors, who are so great, and then seeing how these Rock Hall… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
“They were chosen for their perfect ignorance of these things. That is how the system works. In the end, the lawyers and… — William Landay Copy Share Image
...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges.… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Are we amateurs and not professionals? We know the lessons of history, we know the mistakes and we either act accordingly or… — Thomas S. Power Copy Share Image
“Watching amateurs at work can also inspire us to attempt the work ourselves. “I saw the Sex Pistols,” said New Order frontman… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Amateurs… They’re like of a pack of clay pigeons to the shotgun they call poetic justice.” — Martin Reed Copy Share Image
“True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.” — Aniruddha Sastikar Copy Share Image
Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing. — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Inspiration is for amateurs,” Close says. “The rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Mason Currey Copy Share Image
Amateurs try until they succeed. Professionals try until they can't fail. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had my own youth. I had fun playing in the amateurs, going out with my friends on the weekend, drinking a… — Jaap Stam Copy Share Image
As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest… — Andreas Feininger Copy Share Image
“This is yet another trait of amateurs—they’ll use whatever tools they can get their hands on to try to get their ideas… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“amateurs practice till they get it right, professionals practice till they don't get it wrong.” — Richard Crittenden Copy Share Image
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