“Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.” MightArtistForgetWiseTalentBeing WiseLoaded Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“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