Quotes about Amateur

Amateur feed on hope. Professionals work. Votes: 3

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. Votes: 3

Amateur psychiatric prognosis can be fascinating when there's absolutely nothing else to do. Votes: 3

Technically perfect, pictorially rotten. (Stieglitz's standard comment on photographs he rejected for publication in The American Amateur Photographer.) Votes: 3

If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about 'The Amateur'. Votes: 3

Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win. Votes: 3

He'd kill you all right. No sweat. But for the wrong reasons. Amateur's reasons. Of course, you'll be just as dead. Votes: 3

So long as you're not a snap, you're safe. (Nykyrian) Snap"Syn used that term. (Kiara) Single. Naïve. Amateur. Person. (Nykyrian) Votes: 3

Misquotation is quotology's swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It's a mess we must wade into. Votes: 3

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest. Votes: 3

Amateur production, the result of all this new capability, means that the category of ‘consumer’ is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity Votes: 3

You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know. Votes: 3

The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books I've read. Votes: 3

I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it against the pros but there are some great stories there. Votes: 3

I'm helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can't take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It's like golf amnesia. Votes: 3

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. Votes: 3

Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble. Votes: 3

I felt like, by the end of the week in the U.S. Amateur, I was never aiming at a flag; I was just hitting it at slopes and just letting the natural contours take over. Votes: 3

Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose Votes: 3

Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose. Votes: 3

I've played such good golf, and it was hard coming up and it wasn't easy in any matches or any shots. It means a lot. I think hopefully it will mean a lot to New Zealand because I'm the next winner of the U.S. Amateur after Danny Lee. Votes: 3

What? Was he raised in a barn? Didn't he ever learn how to close a door? Amateur shape-shifters"No manners whatsoever." "“ Sasha "Do we need to get you a Midol before we go?" "“ Sundown "I'm not that easy to soothe, cowboy. My peeves are on a cellular level." "“ Sasha Votes: 3

Hell is full of musical amateurs. Votes: 1

Every artist was first an amateur. Votes: 1

I'll always be an amateur photographer. Votes: 1

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs. Votes: 1

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. Votes: 1

Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient. Votes: 1

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. Votes: 1

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. Votes: 1

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. Votes: 1

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess. Votes: 1

My true love is with amateur wrestlin;, that's where I was born. I've always wanted to wrestle. Votes: 1

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. Votes: 1

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be. Votes: 1

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love. Votes: 1

I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur. Votes: 1

I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man. Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs. Votes: 1

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones. Votes: 1

Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport. Votes: 1

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House. Votes: 1

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur. Votes: 1

I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers. Votes: 1

Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people. Votes: 1

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. Votes: 1

It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan. Votes: 1

It took me a few years to explain to my colleagues and my mentors and the people that I looked up to and I wrestled that I'm not in wrestling anymore. I'm in sports entertainment. Pro' wrestling doesn't mean that we're saying we're a step up above amateur wrestling, because there's nothing above Olympic wrestling. Votes: 1

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL. Votes: 1

I like amateur things. Votes: 0

The amateur tweets. The pro works. Votes: 0

Ill always be an amateur photographer. Votes: 0

Every professional was once an amateur. Votes: 0

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity. Votes: 0

I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. Votes: 0

I've been an amateur photographer since my teens. Votes: 0

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur. Votes: 0

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight. Votes: 0

Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist. Votes: 0

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. Votes: 0

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells. Votes: 0

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie. Votes: 0

An amateur at LIFE is an amateur at ART. Votes: 0

I'm an amateur, so I read what's interesting to me. Votes: 0

The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House. Votes: 0

The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic. Votes: 0

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while. Votes: 0

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries. Votes: 0

Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I'm an amateur. Votes: 0

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business. Votes: 0

The amateur has an infectious, contagious enthusiasm for golf and life. Votes: 0

Remember, every pro was first an amateur. Start your dream now! Votes: 0

Never refer to your wedding night as the original amateur hour. Votes: 0

My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk. Votes: 0

Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur. Votes: 0

Underground dance music - in the nicest way possible - it's amateur Votes: 0

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained. Votes: 0

The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur. Votes: 0

You begin always knowing nothing. You remain forever an amateur, a first timer. Votes: 0

A professional is an amateur who has been working for a long time. Votes: 0

The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems. Votes: 0

I am a professional photographer by trade and an amateur photographer by vocation. Votes: 0

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. Votes: 0

I used to box a bit, and once fought as an amateur welterweight. Votes: 0

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist. Votes: 0

Without professionalism I'd be an amateur, and the clients I want don't hire amateurs. Votes: 0

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind. Votes: 0

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22. Votes: 0

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. Votes: 0

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur. Votes: 0

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur. Votes: 0

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania. Votes: 0

I'm still an amateur, of course, but I became rugby's first millionaire five years ago. Votes: 0

I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur. Votes: 0

In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional. Votes: 0

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way. Votes: 0

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics. Votes: 0

My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao. Votes: 0

I did some traveling as an amateur and always loved the different places I saw. Votes: 0

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics. Votes: 0

No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training Votes: 0

Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. Votes: 0

A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compensate for too little life. Votes: 0

I can find my way from 500 A.D. through to 1066 pretty well as an amateur historian. Votes: 0

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers. Votes: 0

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals. Votes: 0

Obviously the current approach on steroids both in professional sports and amateur sports is not working. Votes: 0

I always feel I'm an amateur. I don't most of the time know what I'm doing. Votes: 0

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five Votes: 0

You're master of what you've lived, artisan at what you're living, amateur at what's next to live. Votes: 0

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life. Votes: 0

Maybe the best way to get people to be pro-life is to start 'em off in amateur-life. Votes: 0

I suspect that marriage is like parenthood: every last one of us is an amateur at it ... Votes: 0

You listen like an amateur and fool yourself into believing it is enough when it is not. Votes: 0

The mere knowledge of secrets will not help the amateur conjurer very far on the road to success. Votes: 0

If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls. Votes: 0

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur. Votes: 0

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur. Votes: 0

The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own. Votes: 0

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur. Votes: 0

As an amateur, I couldn't get many fights. No one would fight me when I was a schoolboy. Votes: 0

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. Votes: 0

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude', which is used for the brightness of a star. Votes: 0

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur. Votes: 0

Love doesn't drop on you unexpectedly; you have to give off signals, sort of like an amateur radio operator. Votes: 0

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy. Votes: 0

The AAC is the best amateur event in the region and the most important tournament to me every year. Votes: 0

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues. Votes: 0

Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break. Votes: 0

Road rage is the expression of the amateur sociopath in all of us, cured by running into a professional. Votes: 0

If I wasn't a professional scientist, I'd be an amateur scientist. But plan B was to go into computers. Votes: 0

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes. Votes: 0

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts. Votes: 0

If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security. Votes: 0

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up. Votes: 0

I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year. Votes: 0

An enamored amateur need not be a genius to stay out of the ruts he has never been trained in. Votes: 0

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur. Votes: 0

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling. Votes: 0

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. Votes: 0

I'm afraid there are no replays or second chances in amateur or professional golf, and that's the way it should be. Votes: 0

The mind is the most important thing of the big picture and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers. Votes: 0

You couldn't be satisfied with being an amateur asshole, could you, Jimbo! You had to go and turn pro on me! Votes: 0

That stern and rockbound coast felt like an amateur when it saw how grim the puritans that landed on it were. Votes: 0

It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals. Votes: 0

It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional. Votes: 0

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three. Votes: 0

I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones. Votes: 0

The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur. Votes: 0

The Australian film industry has recognised Tropfest as a place to nurture young talent. It's a stepping stone between amateur and professional. Votes: 0

Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. Votes: 0

Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization. Votes: 0

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur. Votes: 0

I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love. Votes: 0

I'm not putting down anyone that does look at their work in that way, but for me I am a hardcore amateur. Votes: 0

Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art. Votes: 0

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. Votes: 0

My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years. Votes: 0

He took her up in his arms in the way of a bachelor who has had amateur experience of the carrying of nieces. Votes: 0

More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players. Votes: 0

As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers. Votes: 0

The commonest forms of amateur natural history in the United States are probably gardening, bird watching, the maintenance of aquarium fish, and nature photography. Votes: 0

Camera phones threaten to turn everyone into amateur paparazzi. We are witnessing our personal space shrink because of the way technology is being used. Votes: 0

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free. Votes: 0

I love the idea of the amateur - that's what popular culture is all about. But what the Internet's doing is professionalizing everyone's amateuristic impulses. Votes: 0

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took. Votes: 0

Everyone says I should write a natural history or landscape book because if I have an area of amateur expertise, it is in those things. Votes: 0

We are all amateur attention economists, hoarding and bartering our moments - or watching them slip away down the cracks of a thousand YouTube clips. Votes: 0

Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on. Votes: 0

The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work. Votes: 0

Effective science began when it passed from the occasional amateur into the hands of men who made the winning of knowledge their special function or profession. Votes: 0

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer. Votes: 0

We amateur athletes are peculiarly devoted to our fitness, and our obsessions can sometimes be a burden to our loved ones and a mystery to everyone else. Votes: 0

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began. Votes: 0

An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint. Votes: 0

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. Votes: 0

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. Votes: 0

My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture. Votes: 0

I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it. Votes: 0

I don't like writing as an expert. I like writing as an amateur. I like writing as an idiot. It's much more fun to start in ignorance. Votes: 0

There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has not settled down and is not habit bound. Votes: 0

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard. Votes: 0

Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic Votes: 0

Golf is a lot like sex. It's something you can enjoy all your life. And if you remain an amateur, you get to pick your own playing partners. Votes: 0

Rembrandt was way ahead of his time. It's as if he was painting an amateur theatrical, or a professional theatrical, in his studio. It's a kind of performance. Votes: 0

Like I've been sketched by an amateur artist: if you don't look too closely, it's all right, but start focusing and all the smudges and mistakes become really obvious. Votes: 0

I played high school golf, I played amateur golf and I started getting officers. I was playing pretty good, won amateur tournaments as a junior, and the whole thing. Votes: 0

I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie is a whole different reality. Votes: 0

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood. Votes: 0

Photography today appears to be in a state of flight... The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into a series of unnatural poses. Votes: 0

I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.' Votes: 0

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgement and effort to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur. Votes: 0

It is good for a professional to be reminded that his professionalism is only a husk, that the real person must remain an amateur, a lover of the work. Votes: 0

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. Votes: 0

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur. Votes: 0

You can be an amateur and have a passion for something, but it takes a long time to actually become a professional, meaning that you can handle any situation. Votes: 0

I'm an amateur at music and an amateur at most things. I like the idea of offering some music and some records and a website to people who feel perplexed. Votes: 0

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away. Votes: 0

Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite "˜telescope envy' at gatherings of amateur astronomers. Votes: 0

Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you do when you are not living. Votes: 0

Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the rebel, the breaker of idols. Votes: 0

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics. Votes: 0

MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is. Votes: 0

'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is. Votes: 0

I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I'm an old-fashioned amateur. Votes: 0

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur. Votes: 0

The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything like this before; aesthetically, none of us are amateurs. Votes: 0

All the great naturalists have been habitual walkers, for no laboratory, no book, car, train or plane takes the place of honest footwork for this calling, be it amateur's or professional's. Votes: 0

He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy. Votes: 0

I'm an amateur science enthusiast. I'm not even a professional enthusiast. I don't know anything; I never even passed biology in high school. But I read the science section of the newspaper. Votes: 0

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it. Votes: 0

I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance. Votes: 0

As a professional journalist who nonetheless champions a 'people's' Internet, I am happy to compete against the thousands of amateur bloggers out there reporting and commenting on the same stories I do. Votes: 0

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson. Votes: 0

But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional. Votes: 0

For a long time, weve worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. Its time to move on to the next stage. Votes: 0

For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. It's time to move on to the next stage. Votes: 0

I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that's what I'll stay until the end of my life. Because I'm forever a beginner who discovers the world again and again. Votes: 0

It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations. Votes: 0

Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are. Votes: 0

It's turned into a world of amateurs. There are amateur actors making millions of dollars, amateur cinematographers, amateur directors... Jesus, these amateur directors can get deals for anything. Another comic book? Oh, very good. Votes: 0

All too frequently the amateur will purchase a fine modern camera and proceed to use it for making the most elementary simple snapshots. This surely is like playing 'Chopsticks' on a concert grand piano. Votes: 0

We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. Votes: 0

I dislike the word 'emerging artist.' Emerging connotes to me an alligator coming up from the water. I consider all artists to be artists, not rising, emerging, amateur, beginning, but the real thing. Votes: 0

Firmness in all aspects is a most important quality when gardening, not only in planting but in pruning, dividing and tying up. Plants are like babies, they know when an amateur is handling them. Votes: 0

I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whatever. I incite people to make their self-portraits. I see myself as their walking photo booth. Votes: 0

The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to be meddled with by amateur psychiatrists whose patterns for a "wholesome personality" are inevitably their own. Votes: 0