“There are a lot of advantages to being self-taught. Quality of instruction is not one of them.” — Ted Leeson Copy Share Image
I'm a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft… — Neeraj Kabi Copy Share Image
I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't… — William Klein Copy Share Image
Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter. — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
My playing is all about feel. I'm completely self taught: I never took any lessons or anything. — Joey Kramer Copy Share Image
“In school, you get a paid education. In nature, you get a free education.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“We do not need to attend classroom training programmes for everything. Observation opens the windows of knowledge around us” — Sukant Ratnakar Copy Share Image
[In eighteenth-century Britain] engineers for the most began as simple workmen, skilful and ambitious but usually illiterate and self-taught. They were either… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
I had no special training at all; I am completely self taught. I don't fit the mold of a visual arts designer… — Toru Iwatani Copy Share Image
I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist. I try not to talk about something unless it's something I love. But if… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
We're so tribal in Britain about music. But my music - my guitar playing, the rhythms, et cetera - just express my… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much self-taught - I never went to any courses. If I want to learn about, say, the frontal lobe, I'll… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
I'm self-taught. Even today, on the sets, I probe the lightmen, the stunt artistes... they are from a period I've not seen;… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. I don't look for skill in art...Skill… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)'s theme song "Snowfall," which had… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value! — Sam Palladio Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of… — Fred Couples Copy Share Image
I am self taught. My dad threw me in with a drum set at the age of four and I figured it… — Eric Hernandez Copy Share Image
I actually went to film school, but I didnt like it. Im basically self-taught. — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
Well, I didn't go to Julliard or anything. I'm basically self-taught. When I was younger, I wrote folk songs on a guitar… — Kemp Muhl Copy Share Image
I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby. — Tycho Copy Share Image
Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
I play by ear - I'm self-taught. And so everything I do is through that technique. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Are any of us self-taught? It just means I didn't go to school for it. But you do have teachers. You have… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I'm completely self-taught. I absolutely don't believe in art or film schools! — Tom Six Copy Share Image
Self-taught are those without formal education. Most self-taught artists have missing ingredients to their work. — Billy Cannon Copy Share Image
I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught. — Blackbear Copy Share Image
Computer programming has always been a self-taught, maverick occupation. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed. — John Constable Copy Share Image
"Self-taught, are you?" Julian Castle asked Newt. "Isn't everybody?" Newt inquired. "Very good answer." Castle was respectful. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There are many actors who have not been trained, but self-taught means one cannot be limited. It means you're continuously learning. — Neeraj Kabi Copy Share Image
[Iggi Pop] is very self-taught, self-educated, but, man, that guy knows about so many things. — Jim Jarmusch 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
“The lessons which are remembered the longest, Roland knew, are always the ones that are self-taught.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I am the most fortunate self-taught harpist and non-speaking actor who has ever lived. — Harpo Marx Copy Share Image
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