Amateur Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Every artist was first an amateur.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every artist was once an amateur”

— Anonymous

“Every professional started as a beginner and every artist was once an amateur.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

— Benjamin Disraeli

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

— Grandma Moses

“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that…

— Henry David Thoreau

The sugar maple is remarkable for its clean ankle. The groves of these trees looked like vast forest sheds, their branches stoppingshort at a…

— Henry David Thoreau

I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.

— Taron Egerton

I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think…

— Ernie Els

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

— Chelsea Cain

Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti-environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of…

— Marshall McLuhan

My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting…

— Ciaran Hinds