At a certain point you have to leave childish things behind, and one of the childish things is a sense that 'Wow, I can draw' or in my case 'Wow, I can read'.. You feel you have what's called a talent, but as you become an adult, if you hope to make things, you have to give up the preoccupation with talent otherwise you'll spend your life painting beautiful pictures of fruit bowls that look like fruit bowls.Zadie Smith
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As we grow as people, we come to realize that we were not born with a talent. Talent is something that is given to you as you grow as a person and as you learn more about the world and how it works.
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