“It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.” PeopleFeelsUseGivenCasesSubjectsTalentDrawsArroganceHumblingPortraitureGod Given Talents Author:LeRoy Neiman
“This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.” LittlesCasesTreeSubjectsTalentBarking Up The Wrong Tree Author:David Salle
“There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can possibly possess. Had Charles the First and Louis the Sixteenth been more wise or more weak, more firm or more yielding, in either case they had both of them saved their heads.” MenFirstsCasesWiseTalentDangerCircumstancesWeakDifficultySavedFirmPeculiarMediocrityQuantum Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“Genius is talent provided with ideals. Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen. The man of genius of today will infifty years' time be in most cases no more than a man of talent.” MenYearsTodayCasesTalentHe ManFineGeniusIdealsPurpleLinen Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“Stewardship isn't a subcategory of the Christian life. Stewardship is the Christian life. After all, what is stewardship except that God has entrusted to us life, time, talents, money, possessions, family, and his grace? In each case, he evaluates how we regard what he has entrusted to us and what we do with it.” ChristianCasesGraceTalentRegardPossessionChristian LifeStewardshipEvaluateLife Time Book:Money, Possessions, and Eternity Source: Money, Possessions, and Eternity