You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented. Brooke Shields
It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions. Garry Kasparov
Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying. David Alan Grier
Somehow our society has formed a one-sided view of the human personality, and for some reason everyone understood giftedness and talent only as it applied to the intellect. But it is possible not only to be talented in one's thoughts but also to be talented in one's feelings as well. Lev Vygotsky
French cinema allows women to look... a certain way and be talented at the same time. Gina Bellman