[Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.Al Capp
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.Isaac Newton
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.Isaac Asimov
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.Erica Jong
