Skill Quotes

“I also have a degree in music, and I'm a classically trained pianist.”

“First master the fundamentals.”

“I don't think you can be a good editor without being a good writer.”

“Poker is a skill game. It's not a sport, but it's a skill game.”

“Technique is the test of your musicality. If you have a good technique, you can do what you want with the music. If you don't have technique, you can't do anything.”

“I never needed a ghostwriter. I'm a writer.”

“I'm a pretty good shot. I love to shoot. I've been shooting since I was a little girl.”

“To be a composer, you have to have a feeling for harmony and for melody and for rhythm.”

“The safe man is he who has acquired a technique.”

“You have to be able to draw. You have to be able to paint. You have to be able to compose.”

“It is my belief that the experimental physicist has to be a jack-of-all-trades.”

“The artist must be a technician of the senses.”

“Craft is what allows you to know a material. It’s a kind of deep knowledge that you can’t get from a book.”

“A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill.”

“It is not enough to be a good player; you must also play well.”

“As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.”

“A good player is always lucky.”

“The ability to analyze deeply is a great advantage in chess.”

“To be a great catcher, you have to be a great pitcher.”

“Of all the most useful and excellent arts, that of navigation has always seemed to me to occupy the first place.”