We should probably start searching around a little earlier in our lives for what I call parallel activities, because most of us… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
I would say that for the younger musicians, technical proficiency is necessary and a given these days. But the study and the… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
We will not find the solution to problems of violence, alienation, ignorance, and unhappiness in increasing our security, imposing more tests, punishing… — Nel Noddings Copy Share Image
But I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved… — George Nethercutt Copy Share Image
The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
“The older you get the more you realize that just because someone has an important job doesn't necessarily mean that they do… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
On a scale of one to 10, I would give my proficiency in Hindi a three. — Jonita Gandhi Copy Share Image
I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you're a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Mr Newton, a fellow of our College, and very young, being but the second year master of arts; but of an extraordinary… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
It takes ten thousand hours to truly master anything. Time spent leads to experience; experience leads to proficiency; and the more proficient… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his… — Adoniram Judson Copy Share Image
Dancing of late years has been degraded to the narrow limits and low professionalism of mere mechanical proficiency, associated with the most… — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I do feel as if my own music as quite flawed, and it's that frailty or lack of technical proficiency that goes… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
Remind me again what's wrong with Dave Matthews?" "Basically everything, except technical proficiency," Walter said. "Right." "But maybe especially the banality of… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
