this is pretty out-of-context, but i thought it was interesting anyway...
"We know where great scientists come from--they are slowly developed through years of intensive study and discipline. But where do great artists come from? When we meet a great scholar we often say, 'What a learned person,' or 'What an accomplished thinker.' When we meet a great artist we say, 'What a gifted person,' or 'What a talented artist,' as though her skills were somehow genetically acquired. To develop an art requires every bit as much discipline, study, and application as the obtaining of knowledge--maybe more. Michelangelo was once asked how he obtained his incredible genius. 'If people know how hard I have worked to obtain my mastery,' he said, 'it would not seem wonderful at all.'"
-Finding Common Ground, Tim Downs
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