Ted Naifeh

Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.

American Writer

Ken Burns

I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there's a certain musical virtuosity involved in it.

American Director

Pierre Boulez

I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he's a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine.

French Composer

The Edge

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

Welsh Musician

Oneohtrix Point Never

I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and poetry, a sort of athleticism, of controlling your voice.

American Musician

James Surowiecki

Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.

American Journalist

Richard MacDonald

My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.

American Sculptor

Rita Dove

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

American Poet

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

There are very few things of virtuosity or genius that you can actually witness.

Daniel Hope

You never find virtuosity for its own sake.

British Musician

Virtuosity suggests a high level of skill that is admired and positive, reflecting exceptional achievement.

Positive Connotation

Virtuosity implies skills developed through practice and hard work, not just natural talent.

Not Innate Talent

The word 'virtuosity' is used when someone's skills go far beyond what is typical or expected.

Beyond Average

 And this proposal was a reaction to the over-saturation of emergent technologies in recent national and world expositions, which feeds, or has been feeding, our insatiable appetite for visual stimulation with an ever greater digital virtuosity.