Amateur Quotes

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

– Grandma Moses

I’ve been an amateur photographer since my teens.

– Gaspard Ulliel

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania.

– Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

– Bill Bruford

I used to box a bit, and once fought as an amateur welterweight.

– Alexander Hanson

I never was an amateur wrestler.

– Chris Jericho

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what’s in our head is what’s on the page.

– David Morrell

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

– Matthew Goode

I didn’t even know about amateur boxing, period.

– Deontay Wilder

I’m an amateur.

– Chico Buarque

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.

– John E. Walker

The amateur is very rare in French literature – as rare as he is common in our own.

– Lytton Strachey

My mum and dad’s hobby was amateur dramatics.

– Katherine Kelly

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

– Robert Graves

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.

– Richard Briers

An amateur will stitch up a professional.

– Ricky Gervais

I learnt about plants from my father, who was a herbalist and an amateur microscopist.

– Rupert Sheldrake

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

– Steven Pressfield

Amateur golf is so much fun.

– Scott Harvey

I’m a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

– Tim Heidecker

Before the start of the ’76 Olympics, I’d had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.

– Sugar Ray Leonard

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

– Tracy Austin