Master Quotes

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Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children. — Hector Berlioz
I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure observer. — Paul Gauguin
O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago; The schoolmaster over the land is… — Thomas Haynes Bayly
He who would valiant be against all disaster; let him in constancy follow the Master. There's no discouragement shall make him once relent; his first… — John Buchan
You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you master the old rule, you are then the master-and masters get… — Peter McWilliams
There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and… — Aaron Copland
Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent, Into the woods my Master came, Forspent with love and shame. But the olives they were… — Sidney Lanier
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. — Stephen Spender
If you set out to copy after one master today and after one tomorrow, you will not acquire the style of either one or the… — Cennino Cennini
Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life. — Sathya Sai Baba
It's a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty; they haven't learned everything and they know it. — Robert Henri
I had the luck at 18 to become assistant to Christian Dior, and to succeed him at 21 and to meet with success from my… — Christian Dior
One is neither too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one's model, and, above… — Paul Cezanne
Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator. — Paul Cezanne
It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He… — Joshua Reynolds
Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence, obedience, and perseverance.… — Cennino Cennini
The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget. — Herbert Newton Casson
The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to… — Anthony de Mello
For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty of the medium;… — Stewart Brand
Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is… — Richard M. Weaver

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