Quotes About Mastery

With every second that went past, with every sentence she spoke, she felt a little strength flowing back. And now that she was doing something difficult and familiar and never quite predictable, namely lying, she felt a sort of mastery again, the same sense of complexity and control that the alethiometer gave her. She had to be careful not to say anything obviously impossible; she had to be vague in some places and invent plausible details in others; she had to be an artist, in short.

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! You must achieve mastery over your idealism, over your virtue as well as over your vice, aesthetic mastery over everything that drives you to write in the first place - your outrage, your politics, your grief, your love!

I don't like to do anything that I can't do very well-Doris Day

I can teach you to jump up in five seconds-it takes years to learn how to land properly.

Discipline over ability wins every time.

Demasiadas notas, mi querido Mozart.

Poor mastery of emotions is one of the major causes of obesity in a society where stress is common and food is used abundantly to deal with it. People who have learned to handle stress generally do not have a weight problem. They have learned how to listen to their bodies, identify their feelings, and respond intelligently.

To write only according to the rules laid down by masterpieces signifies that one is not a master but a pupil.

This book will help you become a better programmer.

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.

Now see, with me, said Louie, tiring suddenly of his daughter's talk, with me I didn't need dance school, matter of fact I used to rule the dance floor!

You can be a good painter if you study Cézanne's vision. Whoever dares to copy Van Gogh falls inevitably into the hell of imitators. For this painter didn't care about masterpieces, or even good paintings... but about what is beyond all painting, all art.

A craftsman must probe to the very bottom of cruelty.

The thing is, it's really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you're doing.

I would say my accuracy is probably the best thing that I can do.

As far as being accurate goes, I think you either are or you aren't. I don't think you can really become accurate.

Skills acquisition is really at the heart of what it means to learn.

Being the more experienced fighter absolutely gives you added confidence.

I like adding stuff to my game, I want to be as complete a player as possible. So I want to be able to do a bit of everything and be good, or great at everything.

I had such a great affection and love for playing snooker.

Everything I do, I want it to be perfect. I know it can't be like that every time - but that is my aim.

No Alex Higgins, no snooker.

I'm really good. I'll tell you that all day.

My ambition is to get better as an actor.