But the skill of the artist may elevate the lower order of ecstasy to that of a higher plane, and the amateurishness of the author may deflect what might be poetry of a higher degree to that of a commonplace order.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
I knew well enough that I was seriously handicapped as a detective by my complete amateurishness, and possibly a little by my own keen personal anxiety, which did not tend to cool my head or my pulses when coolness was needed; but though I would fain have had advice from some clever professional expert, the reports of the New York police had certainly not been such as would encourage me to seek assistance from the force.
"The House by the Lock"
C. N. Williamson
We look on at the muddle and the folly and amateurishness; and we ask each other where a single fortnight of it would have landed us.
"Misalliance"
George Bernard Shaw