"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"
- Benjamin Franklin
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.
- Erica Jong
"Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire"
- Samuel Johnson