Amateur Quote by Gore Vidal

I think the Chinese are really amateurs when it comes to running markets.

— David Wessel

History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In…

— George Dyson

Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing nothing.

— Austin Kleon

“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

— Chuck Close

Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.

— Mason Cooley

Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether.

— Norman Mailer

“Inspiration is for amateurs--the rest of us just show up and get to work. - Chuck Close”

— Joe Fig

Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.

— Robert Genn

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't…

— Steven Pressfield

Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.

— Alan Greenspan

“...most gentlemen of breeding considered themselves amateurs at all kinds of disciplines. Go all the way back to Jefferson, who collected fossils and wrote…

— Jack Hitt

“True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar