“An artist, in my experience, is a man or woman of unusual talent and peculiar, highly individual sensibility, with an independent and probably contrary mind, driven by mysterious passions for which another word is neurosis. In getting from point A to point B, the neurotic goes via point Q. It's in that roundabout that people are either completely crippled and hopeless in life, or highly creative.” PeopleMenMindArtistPassionIndividualCreativeTalentIndependentDrivenContraryMysteriousHopelessPeculiarUnusualSensibilityNeuroticNeurosisCrippled Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I've seen him a few times since then and I still can't decide. Whatever, he ain't like nobody else.” StillsArtistNaturalTalentHugePerformancesSingersWitComedianRangeUnusualVocalMusicality Author:Brian Eno
“More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.” KindTwoHalfSpecialTalentThirdsStrikesUnusualStaminaRewriting Author:John Irving
“Working as a teaboy may have helped my confidence, but not everyone else was so pleased. I could never remember who had milk or how many sugars, and I had an unusual talent for spilling tea on the recording console.” MayRememberTalentTeaUnusualMilkSugarConsoleSpilling Author:Rick Astley