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Quotes About Mastery

By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.
~ James Galway
Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.
~ John Ray
Take your time. There's no rush to be good or renowned.
~ Kathryn Budig
Riding is a complicated joy. You learn something each time. It is never quite the same, and you never know it all.
~ Monica Dickens
The first step towards mastering time is always to make time meaningless
~ Robert Aickman
Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time.
~ Alyson Noel
Every time I do it at least proves I can still do it.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
There's no set time or schedule for developing one's skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn't come overnight. It's a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
~ Ben Hogan
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
~ Caio Fonseca
On stage I am the actor, director and the bouncer all at the same time. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it? No Sensi! Sorry when I get excited I have to toss in some Karate Kid quotes.
~ Dane Cook
I am the thing that I am painting at the time of painting.
~ Douglas Lockwood
I've done a bit of Latin in my time...but I can control it.
~ Eddie Izzard
We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.
~ George Bernard Shaw
It takes time to learn to draw. It takes years, not a few weeks.
~ Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest of all time!' It's the same mentality in sports.
~ Michael Rapaport
When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.
~ Robert Greene
You do have to put in a lot time to get good at anything and than includes cartoons. So I think it's true of art and everything else.
~ Robert Mankoff
Quality and perfection are achieved with time. You do not create a perfect painting or a perfect poem by hurrying. Time is always coming.
~ Satish Kumar
A professional is an amateur who has been working for a long time.
~ Serge Lutens
Social media companies must combine their mastery of the latest in real-time, location based or augmented reality technologies in the service of clear and consistent storytelling.
~ Simon Mainwaring
As time progressed, my songwriting developed out of my bass, because that's all I could do. I decided to take it as far as it could go and to use my skill as a tool.
~ Stephen Bruner
Only God gets things right the first time.
~ Stephen King
Mastery means responsibility, ability to respond in real time to the need of the moment. Intuitive or inspired living means not just passively hearing the voice, but acting on it.
~ Stephen Nachmanovitch
I can't live with art: I'd spend too much time tweaking it.
~ Thelma Golden