Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) German visual artist
1970's, Every Man an Artist: Talks at Documenta 5', 1972
Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) German visual artist
1970's, Every Man an Artist: Talks at Documenta 5', 1972
“Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.”
Brenda Ueland (1891–1985) Journalist and writer
“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Art is work. It is the ability to give life to the emotions of others through one's talent.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) L'arte è lavoro. È la facoltà di dar vita alle emozioni altrui tramite il proprio talento.
Source: prevale.net
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 39
“If hard work is not another name for talent, it is the best possible substitute for it.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
"College Education," an address before the Literary the Eclectic Institute (June 1867), in President Garfield and Education : Hiram College Memorial (1881) by B. A. Hinsdale, p. 312 http://books.google.com/books?id=rA4XAAAAYAAJ <br class="br">1860s
“Everybody has talent at twenty-five. The difficult thing is to have it at fifty.”
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) French artist
posthumous quotes, The Shop-Talk of Edgar Degas', (1961)
Patrick Süskind (1949) German writer and screenwriter
Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
