"Ninety per cent of talent is confidence, an absence of judgement that feeds a willingness to fail that produces a greater likelihood of success."
–– Ian Brown (b. 1954), Canadian journalist and author
Source: Ian Brown. "Old skier, new tricks." The Globe and Mail, Saturday January 5, 2019, p.10-11; p. 11.
via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2019, p. 35.
"Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions."
–– Earl Gray Stevens
via: Sketchbook 23, 2014, p. 134.
"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
–– Robert Hughes (1938-2012), Australian writer and art critic
via Sketchbook 8, 2009, p. 26
