#talent

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? ↗

— Jane Austen

#attentions #delicacy #flattering #happy #i

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection. ↗

— Alban Berg

#also #composers #disciples #enthusiasm #feeling

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ↗

— William Bernbach

#depending #dust #idea #magic #rubs

I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world. ↗

— Mahesh Bhupathi

#any #best #dearth #had #i

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life. ↗

— Irving Stone

#dedication #talent #art

I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you. ↗

— Joan Blondell

#audience #beauty #i #itself #know

In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#attraction #cannot #circumstance #coupled #england

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#american #american music #band #because #got

There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#god-given talent #hard #just #kinds #man-made

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#main thing #relax #talent #thing #work