Conciseness is the sister of talent

There is nothing new in art except talent.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Conciseness is the sister of talent.

A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.