Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Talent develops in quiet, Character in the torrent of the world

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world