Talent

When music technology takes the place of musicianship, it's time to pull the plug

It requires more than mere genius to be an author

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all

Between genius and talent there is the proportion of the whole to its part

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents

Conciseness is the sister of talent

There is nothing new in art except talent

The university brings out all abilities, including incapability

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming

I am fit for nothing but literature

If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.