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> [The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/the-real-issue-is-not-talent-as-an-independent-element-but-talent-in-2/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

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## More by Milton Glaser

> [“The next time you see a sixteen-color, blind-embossed, gold-stamped, die-cut, elaborately folded and bound job, printed on handmade paper, see if it isn't a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/the-next-time-you-see-a-sixteen-color-blind-embossed-gold-stamped-die/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/certainty-is-a-closing-of-the-mind-to-create-something-new-you-must/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public, not designers or clients.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/everyone-interested-in-licensing-our-field-might-note-that-the-reason/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [“Travel penetrates your consciousness, but not in a rational way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/travel-penetrates-your-consciousness-but-not-in-a-rational-way/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [In an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/in-an-age-of-computer-manipulation-surrealism-has-become-banal-a/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/i-do-virtually-nothing-except-my-work-no-hobbies/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [“If you perceive the universe as being a universe of abundance, then it will be. If you think of the universe as one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/if-you-perceive-the-universe-as-being-a-universe-of-abundance-then-it/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [Color is so intuitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/color-is-so-intuitive/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire and persistence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/the-real-issue-is-not-talent-as-an-independent-element-but-talent-in/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [I have been an art director, a book designer, a book-jacket designer and an interior designer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/i-have-been-an-art-director-a-book-designer-a-book-jacket-designer/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [What I feel fortunate about is that I'm still astonished, that things still amaze me. And I think that that's the great benefit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/what-i-feel-fortunate-about-is-that-i-m-still-astonished-that-things/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/the-real-issue-is-not-talent-as-an-independent-element-but-talent-in-2/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/to-design-is-to-communicate-clearly-by-whatever-means-you-can-control/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [“We are all born with genius. It's like our fairy godmother. But what happens in life is that we stop listening to our inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/we-are-all-born-with-genius-it-s-like-our-fairy-godmother-but-what/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

> [Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-glaser/computers-are-to-design-as-microwaves-are-to-cooking/)

[Milton Glaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-glaser/)

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