“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

“Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.”

“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…”

“Art is work. It is the ability to give life to the emotions of others through one's talent.”

“Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.”

“Only in recent history has “working hard” signaled pride rather than shame for lack of talent, finesse and, mostly, sprezzatura.”

“If hard work is not another name for talent, it is the best possible substitute for it.”

“Everybody has talent at twenty-five. The difficult thing is to have it at fifty.”

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”

“… talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”