Skill Quotes

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work" "The life so short, the craft so long to learn" "Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it." "Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin" "The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person using them." "You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail" "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill Our antagonist is our helper" "Word to my two-tone Patek, baby, just because you’re good at something doesn't mean you have to do it" "Any fool can sing in the day. It is easy to sing when we can read the notes by daylight; but he is the skillful singer who can sing when there is not a ray of light to read by." "Intelligence without principle is luck, not skill" "Avoid banality; mastery is about complexity up to the edge of discomfort" "To know how to live is my trade and my art" "Once you understand what excellence is all about, you see how excellence manifests itself in any discipline." "Talent is cheaper than table salt" "You can’t take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it"