Talent is really the gift of love. Talent happens when you are in love with something and you devote your life to it, and it's your love of it that makes you want to keep doing it.
speech graduation passion
Suzan-Lori Parks
Mount Holyoke College Commencement 2001, 2001
We are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
speech graduation creativity
Billy Joel
Berklee College of Music Commencement 1993, 1993
What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. I am merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
speech graduation discipline
Billy Joel
Berklee College of Music Commencement 1993, 1993
Being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. There is no choice, either you is or you ain't.
speech graduation authenticity
Billy Joel
Berklee College of Music Commencement 1993, 1993
Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.
speech graduation creativity
Bill Watterson
Kenyon College Commencement 1990, 1990
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
speech graduation authenticity
Bill Watterson
Kenyon College Commencement 1990, 1990
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
speech graduation authenticity
Bill Watterson
Kenyon College Commencement 1990, 1990
It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
speech graduation passion
Bill Watterson
Kenyon College Commencement 1990, 1990
We don't need to accept this state of affairs and all the other increasingly imposed limitations of our society without a fight.
speech graduation independence
Meredith Monk
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 1985, 1985
In a society that systematically limits feelings, I hope you will not be afraid to fight for them.
speech graduation authenticity
Meredith Monk
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 1985, 1985
Chaos is often the first step in the creative process. Don't be afraid of not knowing. The act of searching is as important as the act of finding.
speech graduation creativity
Meredith Monk
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 1985, 1985
The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.
speech graduation passion
Meryl Streep
Vassar College Commencement 1983, 1983