Quotes About Mastery

The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

aunque nazca uno con algún talento, el arte de escribir no se aprende repentinamente. Remití

Si hay que permitir a ciertos hombres el librarse al estudio de las ciencias y de las artes, es a aquellos que tengan fuerzas para andar solos en su busca y para adelantarlas. A

Toute passion est bonne quand on en est maître, mais mauvaise quand on en est assujetti.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the art of writing cannot be learned all at once. Jean-Jaeques Rousseau

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work

The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.

Your life is a work of art, a craft to be carefully mastered. For patience has replaced time, and you are your own destination.

Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.

Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.

I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work.

I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.

Work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at all things.

Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.

People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that.

Start early and work hard. A writer's apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he's almost ready to begin. That takes a while.

Whatever your life's work is, do it well.

If you study a great work of art, you'll probably find the artist was a kind of genius. And geniuses are different to you and me.

When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.