“Horowitz was not about perfection. He was about joy and art and music and life. And those things have mistakes in them. "I make mistakes, too," I said. "And when you are as good as Horowitz," said my mom, "yours won't matter, either.” Inspirational Attitude Book:A Crooked Kind of Perfect Source: A Crooked Kind of Perfect
“Am I a prodigy?" I ask. Miss Person snorts. She pushed the cap back on her purple pen. 'You have some talent and you work hard. I'll take that over prodigy any day.” Prodigy Book:A Crooked Kind of Perfect Source: A Crooked Kind of Perfect