Bounds Quote by Brooks Atkinson

“An amateur is defensive. The professional finds learning (and even, occasionally, being shown up) to be enjoyable; they like being challenged and humbled, and…

— Ryan Holiday

“A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it; an amateur is one who can't when he…

— James Agate

It is good for a professional to be reminded that his professionalism is only a husk, that the real person must remain an amateur,…

— May Sarton

I would hate to think I am not an amature. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid,…

— Yehudi Menuhin

Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an…

— Charles Kettering

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can…

— Steven Pressfield

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do…

— James Agate

Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot — or will not — achieve the mastery of…

— Roland Barthes

Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness…

— Marshall McLuhan

In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional.

— Robert Genn

In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging it.…

— Amanda Palmer

“Do you know how you can tell a professional writer from an amateur?" "No." "An amateur worries about the work before starting. A professional…

— Avi