Accepted Quote by George Gershwin

A libretto that should never have been accepted on a subject that should never have been chosen bya man who should never have attempted…

— Virgil Thomson

“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent…

— Curtis Ackie

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

— apl.de.ap

The great artist is conscious of the talent and power he possesses otherwise he would not see his faults and so would not be…

— Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

— Robert Breault

For the man of talent affects to call his transgressions of the laws of sense trivial and to count them nothing considerd with his…

— Charles Ives

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short…

— Hilaire Belloc

It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that,…

— Oscar Isaac

When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.

— Susan Sontag

The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he…

— Giuseppe Verdi

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson