Quotes About Mastery

I never really learned photography.

Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that's real peace of mind. I don't have to worry about that when I'm walking around in the world.

'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.

I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice.

I've been playing piano since I was 7. I took 15 years of lessons. I've got a lot of miles on these hands.

The piano is the instrument I can play the most.

I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.

When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony.

My first influence obviously was Picasso.

I doubt Picasso ever painted a picture in an hour, he took his time, looked at every detail and made sure it was perfect.

Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well.

I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.

Picking locks or handcuffs for me is not really a big deal, I can do it pretty much in seconds, I've been doing since I was 14 years old. I used to sit on my bed as a kid with a pick set and you know just picking locks and stuff, so I'm used to it.

There's different aspects of the game you have got to pick up along the way. I think I am picking it up fairly quickly and I'm learning all the time and I can only get better.

Picking up new languages is fairly easy since it's my passion.

Only great players can have two shots for one ball, like Tendulkar does, and a big reason is that he picks the ball very early.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

It's good that everyone has an opportunity to take pictures, the chance to be a photographer. Some are good, too. But the bad thing is that it's very, very difficult to take a great picture. Everyone can take a good picture - even a child - but it's hard to make a great one.

I'm pretty proud of my pie crust. I think I've finally learned how to manhandle it just enough.

I understand every piece of business in this league.

I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.

On 'Masters of Sex,' especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and you're expected to show up word-perfect.

When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.

Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.