Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‚Thus far and no farther.‘

There’s no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there’s such an incredible well of talent and capital and resources. The whole system is set up to foster the creation of new companies.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I’m much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines. The people who do that as a profession are very talented because it’s certainly not easy.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

I had no talent for science. What was infinitely worse: all my fraternity brothers were engineers.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

I love to play. And fortunately, I don’t know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they’re always up for playing.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

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

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

I’m not really an actor, I’m a reactor; I’m a pitchman. That’s what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

My name is Adam Sandler. I’m not particularly talented. I’m not particularly good-looking. And yet I’m a multi-millionaire.

Aside from singing, I’m also a dancer. I’ve been dancing since I was 8.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it’s all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can’t change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Meeting President Obama was amazing. Very inspiring.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it’s such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it’s therapeutic.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ‚divine service.‘

I think any activity you have your kids in, you’re all trying to live vicariously through them. And you’re jealous of the kid that’s naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball’s different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There’s a lot of great individual talent.

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It’s amazing. A great honor.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don’t know any better.

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‚Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.‘

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius.

I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, ‚What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?‘

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.

I’m trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, ‚I’m different. I’m not just a comedian.‘ I’m trying to become a rock star.

A career is born in public – talent in privacy.

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

If I’d been born ugly, you’d never have heard of Pele.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

I would venture to guess that the biggest reason creative types don’t produce isn’t because they don’t have vision… or talent… in most cases, it’s a lack of discipline.

Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings.

Genius, when young, is divine.