Famous quotes containing the word talent:
“What a person is begins to betray itself when his talent weakenswhen he stops showing what he can do. Talent, too, is ornamentation, and ornamentation, too, is a hiding place.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.”
—Pamela Glenconner (18711928)
“Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have itright, my friends?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)