"There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up."

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"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Talent, Direction, Lies

"Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Talent, Modernity, Media, Competition

"We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Talent, Truth, Happiness, Life, Inspirational

"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Talent, Literature, School

"He has tongue of a writer."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Talent, Expression, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Talent, Writer

"Certain abilities in you sometimes yearn to be expressed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Talent, Expression, Desire, Growth

"Ability and talent never loose the value, because demand for it highly exceeds the supply of it."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Talent, Ability, Values, Skill

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Talent, Development, Environment, Gift

"What you are good at, you never do it free!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Talent, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

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"From 20 years of experience hiring artists out of the schools, I know-they get worse every year. They're absolutely ridiculously retarded now."

Experience

"There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up."

Talent

"The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant."

Inspirational

"One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director."

Employment

"All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get."

Age

"George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already."

Character

"Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything."

Music

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"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."

"We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent."

"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."

"He has tongue of a writer."

"The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear."

"Certain abilities in you sometimes yearn to be expressed."

"Ability and talent never loose the value, because demand for it highly exceeds the supply of it."

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

"What you are good at, you never do it free!"

Explore more quotes by John Kricfalusi

"From 20 years of experience hiring artists out of the schools, I know-they get worse every year. They're absolutely ridiculously retarded now."

"There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up."

"The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant."

"One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director."

"My style is very strong poses and expressions."

"Not very many people can draw who are illustrators today."

"Most cartoons are those colors. They have been for 35 years."

"All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get."

"George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already."

"Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything."