A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn’t feel like it; an amateur is one who can’t when he does feel like it.

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

Brush strokes write poetry harmonized through the cords of an artist’s imagination.Color, contrast, simple compassion splattered across paper leaves tainted with the melody of the silent wind.Gasping, grasping, simply glancing at the souls of those...

Growing up doesn’t mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.

Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot — or will not — achieve the mastery of a profession. But in the field of photographic practice, it is...

If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.

Forget about being an expert or a professional, and wear your amateurism (your heart, your love) on your sleeve. Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you.

I had zero idea of what I was doing.. I honestly had no idea where to start. All I knew was I had something I craved to say.. I wanted to create art that lived...

I’m a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn’t take it because I was still an amateur.

I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I’m always inventing something.

True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.

Nobody was born a master; amateurs become experts because they did not give up on learning. You are going as far as you can if you’ll learn and apply!