Accounts Quote by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their…

— John Frederick Boyes

It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as…

— Igor Stravinsky

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion…

— Francis Bacon

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

— Anonymous

Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion…

— Francis Bacon

We all want to judge; it's an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I'm not surprised that talent shows are hits, but…

— Melissa Etheridge

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

— Aristotle

If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment…

— Carlisle Floyd

Great performers require a measure of confidence that would strike many as absurd, unfounded, and downright irrational. They believe in themselves utterly, without question,…

— John Eliot

For me, when you're casting known talent, you're not just casting their performances. You're casting the public's relationship with them, their public images to…

— Jen McGowan

Talent is truth on display.

— Terry Rossio

I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly…

— Madeleine L'Engle