Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

If you can't do it and do it well, you can't do it, period.

What I want is not to become a status symbol, but to give beauty at a price.

Half talent is no talent.

Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

People want variety and something that is affordable.

You can never have enough talent.

Everyone should be good at what they do.

It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

It's one thing to talk about lack of diversity and lack of representation. But that doesn't matter if you're not good at what you're supposed to be doing.

I am very efficient.

Most people think good enough is good enough.

I genuinely do not even see the stats. It is just about the ability of the individual; what he brings to the table is all that matters.

When you have to make a choice between capacity and capability, I would go with capability.

I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me.

I know who can play and who can't play and I'm very straight-forward... If you can play, you can play; if you can't, you can't.

I might be confident in what I do, and sometimes you can be cocky and confident because you know what your abilities are and you know what your car is going to give you.

If you're going to put me in the booth, make sure it's because I'm good enough to be there.

I've proven I can play.

Mark de Mori is a solid operator.

Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.

A cheap suit is a cheap suit; there's nothing you can do about it.

If you are good enough, you should play.

It is one thing to have quality and another to be a great player.