Quotes About Skill

In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill:

a genius of savoir faire

The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

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a vast gulf separates a great leader from a very good manager.

Di Stéfano was one of the greatest footballers ever. He had such great balance.

Writing is work. Anyone can do this, anyone can learn to do this. It's not rocket science; it's habits of mind and habits of work.

What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do.

It's not enough to be Hungarian, you must have talent too.

Let such teach others who themselves excel,And censure freely who have written well.

True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.

Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense.

Let such teach others who themselves excel

To shoot is human, to make your own bullets is divine. Let's be honest, we were all beginners at one point or another.

Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill

One science only will one genius fit

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

If this be poetry, then poetry is very easily written, and what has hitherto been supposed to be the highest, the most difficult, and the rarest, of the arts, presents no more difficulty to the person who knows how to write at all than the simplest, baldest, and most unartistic prose.

The making of the Barack Obama franchise far exceeded the skill set of Washington's best. In fact, the recipe for Mr. Obama's global popularity can be attributed less to political minds and chance than to the enduring power of Hollywood.

No amount of learning goes to waste. It adds to building your skill set and intellect.

The biggest waste of time of my life was playing 'Call of Duty.' But I got really good at 'Call of Duty' - a little bit too good at that time.

Just because you watch 'Grey's Anatomy' doesn't mean you can do the operation.