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There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art. — Paul Cezanne
Obviously the current approach on steroids both in professional sports and amateur sports is not working. — Armand Hammer
I was always into noir. When I lived in Vermont I was drawing stuff that looked like an amateur doing Sin City. When I first… — Frank Miller
Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent… — Alfred Stieglitz
I dislike the word 'emerging artist.' Emerging connotes to me an alligator coming up from the water. I consider all artists to be artists, not… — Jack White
Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took. — Frankie Avalon
I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life. — Andre Kertesz
Art is too popular. If plumbing was as popular as art is we would have amateur plumbers running around brandishing wrenches and Roto-Rooters, climbing in… — Walter Darby Bannard
In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional. — Robert Genn
The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs… — Steven Pressfield
The mind is the most important thing of the big picture and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers. — Joe Rogan
Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist. — Nick Kroll
If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls. — Guido van Rossum
I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie. — Tim Heidecker
My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years. — David Pogue
In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained. — Robert Graves
I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in… — Alan Greenspan
I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros… — Tom Colicchio
I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an… — Willem Dafoe
I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I… — Claire Danes
Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain… — Alfred Eisenstaedt
Every artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders as cavalier amateurs… — Tim Ferriss
There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the same arenas. The… — Lupe Fiasco
So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to… — Scott Hamilton

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