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I don't mind the word 'dilettante.' A dilettante means someone who does what he loves.

I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.

To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.

Although I adore the Italian High Renaissance, I'd rather look at Mannerism. The former is ordered, integrated, otherworldly, and grandiose; it leaves you feeling hungry for something flawed and of-the-flesh.

I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.