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- Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts… — John F. Kennedy
- When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already… — Zhuangzi
- Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest. — Sextus Propertius
- God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil… — George MacDonald
- In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful… — Bernard DeVoto
- My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care… — Margaret Cavendish
- We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill. — James Whistler