Quotes About Mastery

Education is...[A process] which makes one rogue cleverer than another.

The book of magic is very like the cookery book; the unpracticed student of either can make a terrible hash of things.

To have a master and teacher is not the same thing as being mastered and taught.

All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.

Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even for chess, but only a universal genius. … The theory of special genius, according to which for instance, it is supposed that a musical genius should be a fool at other subjects, confuses genius with talent. … There are many kinds of talent, but only one kind of genius, and that is able to choose any kind of talent and master it.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going to be scared.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.

I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

Get over your fear of finishing. Being able to complete tasks doesn't just matter in kindergarten; it's a key skill for grown-ups.

You're fluent in a language once you can explain to someone—in that language—how to tie his shoes"? (I can.)

But where of the beginner it's only a move, for the master it becomes the first step in a long sequence. It's like the diference between two apparently identical musical notes that might being a nursery rhyme or a symphony.

He would then withdraw to his tudy to spend the rest of the morning on his great passion: chess

But you know as well as I do that it is not we who decide how and when to abandon chess but chess that rules us.

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Coyote never loses. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

As the old saying goes, "The person who masters himself masters the world.

And just like with any kind of skill, it can be learned.

A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.

A thing worth learning is worth learning well.