If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.
Red Adair
I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
Ben Affleck
I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something.
Alan Alda
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.
Tracy Austin
A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.
Richard Bach
I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
Paul Cezanne
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
Chuck Close
Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient.
David Coverdale
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson