“Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man.” MenImportantUniverseSidesTalentMaterialsConceptsStructureSolar SystemDogmaticOrigin Of Man Author:George Gaylord Simpson
“I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.” TalentYouthMaterialsPerfectionHollywoodClaimsLays Author:Juliet Stevenson
“I use a special tool. I make it myself; very sharp steel point and a handle like a pencil. For me it is a pencil. Maybe I have a special talent, a feeling you might say that lets me control it, to express my ideas as though I were sketching black on white.” IdeasUseFeelingsMightBlackWhiteSpecialTalentMaterialsToolsLet MeHandleSteelPencilsSketchingSpecial Talents Author:Ugo Mochi
“Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.” MenArtTwoThreeAbilityTalentHe ManMaterialsGeniusTenPerceptionOrdinaryCapacityPlusMultipleRegisterOrdinary Man Author:Ezra Pound
“Realism to be effective must be a matter of selection.genius chooses its materials with a view to their beauty and effectiveness; mere talent copies what it thinks is nature, only to find it has been deceived by the external grossness of things.” ThinkingHas BeensMatterRealityViewsTalentMaterialsGeniusMereCopiesRealismSelectionDeceivedEffectiveness Author:Julia Marlowe
“Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.” IfsMindInspirationCoursesActorsTalentMaterialsRelyUnfinishedChanging Your Mind Book:An Actor Prepares Source: An Actor Prepares
“Remarkably, there's no green screen in 'Leaves of Grass' movie. There is motion control. Technically, there were all sorts of challenges, but really the soul of it is Edward Norton talent. You write these characters when you write a movie, and all you can hope for or depend on is that your actors will elevate the material.” WritingSoulCharacterActorsChallengesTalentMaterialsDependsGreenScreensGrassLeaves Of Grass Author:Edward Norton
“It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of the world in which he himself lives; and what he creates, or better perhaps, brings back, are the objective results of his explorations. The measure of his talent--of his genius, if you will--is the richness he finds in such a life's voyage of discovery and the effectiveness with which he is able to embody it through his chosen medium.” IfsWorldAbleArtistBeliefResultsTalentMaterialsGeniusDiscoveryScientistTechniqueChosenObjectivesMediumsExplorationRichnessEffectivenessVoyagesResearchersTrue ArtistsVoyages Of Discovery Author:Paul Strand
“Well, the difference in working with the Supremes and the other girl groups like Martha and the Vandellas, and the Marvelettes, you let the material dictate to you, uh, really, how you worked with the group, and with the talent, and the personalities. All of these things was instrumental in having all of the groups, uh, retain their own identity. Uh, and, and the material had a lot to do with it, you know.” KnowsWellsGirlDifferencesGroupsTalentIdentityMaterialsPersonalitySupremeOther GirlGirl Groups Author:Cholly Atkins
“I just trust the people involved. Marvel and DC for the last 16 years - is that 90 percent of the time it's incredible top talent. Like, this is what makes it different from the pre-2000 superhero movies. I would say, except Tim Burton and Richard Donner, it was generally, comic book movies were done by guys who weren't that into the material and people who didn't really respect the stuff. But as everything, whether it's Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers, Batman, all these things, it's just been done by top-tier people. I have total confidence that they'll continue that tradition of being great.” PeopleMenYearsBookDifferentDoneLastsGuyStuffTalentMaterialsInvolvedPercentTraditionIncrediblesComicComic BookSuperheroX MenAvengers Author:Mark Millar
“Avoiding along some dimensions is easy. Create organization space and bring in some new talent so the innate cultural resistance is less material. Unfortunately, it's rarely that easy.” EasySpaceTalentMaterialsOrganizationResistanceDimensionsAvoidingInnateNew Talent Author:Scott D. Anthony