Age Quote by Jonah Lehrer

The great ages did not contain the best talent, they wasted less.

— T. S. Eliot

“Horace Greeley cautioned one upstate hopeful: “You do not realize how little the mere talent of writing well has to do with success or…

— Mike Wallace

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get…

— Kim Cattrall

Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-three—and managed…

— David Markson

“Even Mozart, perhaps the most gifted composer in history, developed and grew in his art. The music he wrote in his thirties was far…

— Robert Fritz

Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer…

— Clement Greenberg

“But sometimes, talent isn't worth shit. There are tons of talentless people out there making zillions of dollars. And unfortunately, an equal number of…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo, How To Kill A Rock Star

“But sometimes talent isn't worth shit. There are tons of talentless people out there making zillions of dollars. And unfortunately, an equal number of…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

I'm sure that I'd be able to find a lot to disagree on with Eliot Engel.

— Lee Zeldin

Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren't fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession.

— Garry Kasparov

We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.

— Christopher Bollen