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> [Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/desire-is-everything-not-talent-it-s-the-degree-of-one-s-desire-that/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

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> [The degree to which the arts are included in our educational curriculum is totally inadequate. The arts are just as important as math and science in an education and just as important as any other endeavour in our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/the-degree-to-which-the-arts-are-included-in-our-educational/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

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## Other authors on Endeavour

- [Samuel Johnson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endeavour/samuel-johnson/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-dranil-kr-sinha-102.jpg) DrAnil Kr Sinha 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endeavour/dranil-kr-sinha/)

## More by Ken Danby

> [Regardless of the importance of known evidence to the contrary, the arts are generally regarded as being so much entertaining fluff, a commodity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/regardless-of-the-importance-of-known-evidence-to-the-contrary-the/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/desire-is-everything-not-talent-it-s-the-degree-of-one-s-desire-that/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/understand-who-you-are-and-who-you-want-to-be-and-thereby-learn-how/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Abstraction and realism work best together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/abstraction-and-realism-work-best-together/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/i-must-have-the-personal-dialogue-the-private-time-with-each-painting/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by Tom Thomson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/growing-up-in-northern-ontario-provided-me-with-a-strong-affinity-for/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/there-s-nothing-like-a-little-fear-or-hunger-to-motivate-one-s/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [We do not see with our eyes, but through them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/we-do-not-see-with-our-eyes-but-through-them/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/art-is-a-necessity-an-essential-part-of-our-enlightenment-process/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Without art, we're handicapped, and living a stifled, barren existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/without-art-we-re-handicapped-and-living-a-stifled-barren-existence/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/art-is-a-necessity-an-essential-part-of-our-enlightenment-process-we/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/in-painting-detail-for-the-sake-of-itself-is-useless-it-must-have/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/as-an-artist-my-concern-is-toward-the-synthesizing-of-all-the-visual/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/creative-expression-and-visual-comprehension-are-really-the/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

> [Learn to nurture and trust your instincts as well as your conscious reasoning. Often, one's instincts will offer the better judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-danby/learn-to-nurture-and-trust-your-instincts-as-well-as-your-conscious/)

[Ken Danby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-danby/)

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