I am almost confident in believing, that if I can ever rise in the world it must be by the exercise of my talents in the wide field of literature.
In the thirteen years that Avedon has been at Harper's Bazaar, working most of the time under Brodovitch's benign and exquisitely perceptive eye, he has been permitted the full exercise of his imaginative talent, even — or perhaps especially — when that talent has led him far from the conventions of fashion-magazine photography.
A more limited but happier exercise of his practical talents began soon afterward: for more than a decade he directed, energetically and with great insight and compassion, a reformatory home for young female delinquents, financed by his wealthy friend Angela Burdett-Coutts.
He outgrew these names by the exercise of an extraordinary musical talent working in close union with high intelligence.
It is possible to accept that some can have much more than others if one of two conditions are met: either that they reached this position through the exercise of their unique and remarkable talent; or that this inequality is good for everyone.
Justin Malen, Laura Solon and Dan Mazer have created a screenplay that gives them a lot of room to exercise their talent.
"It's a fascinating exercise of orchestrating and conducting an amazing array of talent and engineering resources," he told me.
"LD nurses generally have phenomenal communication skills and a growing number of them want to exercise that talent in helping their clients get access to justice," she says.
Pop provided a deadpan mask for his ambition, behind which he could exercise his talent for almost subliminal nuances of sprightly form.
With that sort of manager or C.E.O., you're not going to keep intelligent, inspired talent, because they want some form of entrepreneurial environment to be able to exercise their talent.
"He's got talent, loads of talent.
