"My father was a stone mason, and a……" — John E. Walker
"My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist."
More Amateur Quotes
- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
- If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
- I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. — Ben Affleck
- 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
- My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to… — Sam Abell
- It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer… — Unknown Author
- There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has… — Brooks Atkinson
- Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development… — Marshall McLuhan
- My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. — Charles Richet
- As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who… — Alfred Stieglitz