Maya Angelou Quotes About Talent

• I believe that every person is born with talent.

  Maya Angelou

  Strength, Believe, Talent

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Oct 05, 2011

• Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

  Maya Angelou

  Children, Ignorance, Kids

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 08, 2011

• Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Writing, Use

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

• Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

  Maya Angelou

  Creativity, Use, Able

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

• I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Motivation, Believe

• Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don’t understand but something I’m able to harness and use. While electricity remains a mystery, I know I can plug into it and light up a cathedral or a synagogue or an operating room and use it to help save a life. Or I can use it to electrocute someone. Like electricity, creativity makes no judgment. I can use it productively or destructively. The important thing is to use it. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.

  Maya Angelou

  Creativity, Light, Important

• If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

  Maya Angelou

  Done, Talent, Electricity

  Arizona Republic interview, www.azcentral.com. 2011.

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