Amateurs Quotes

110 quotes by 93 authors

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. — Chuck Close
The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
Jet lag is for amateurs. — Dick Clark
Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people. — Bruce Schneier
Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores. — Charles Bukowski
It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs. — Gerald Brenan
Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether. — Norman Mailer
None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker. — Jose Raul Capablanca
No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker. — Jose Raul Capablanca
Amateurs hope. Professional work. — Garson Kanin
The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of fine and independent living, and for that a professional chair… — Havelock Ellis
The word 'professional' doesn't hold any magic or mystique. The people who really change the world are usually amateurs — Dave Hampton
The two oldest professions in the world â€” ruined by amateurs. — Alexander Woollcott
Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs. — Antonin Scalia
[About John Evershed] There is much in our medallist's career which is a reminder of the scientific life of Sir William Huggins. They come from… — Hugh Newall
The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was… — Alan Kay
When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest… — Steven Pressfield
I love mixing amateurs and professionals. — Lasse Hallstrom

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