Quotes About Technique

Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

If you don't care about losing, you will focus on technique.

The art of drawing is the art of omission.

For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'

In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself.

Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left that the opponent is attacking from the left.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.

Collage is the twentieth century's greatest innovation

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

Painting is the art of hollowing a surface.

Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art.

Art is craft, not inspiration.

It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.

The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of ones own, in ones relation to the tool, the material and the colors.

In order to play musically you have to learn the art of exaggerating.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

Everybody who cares for his art seeks the essence of his own technique.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

I try to conceal art with art.

When you really get technique... there is no strength that will stop you.