Self Taught Quotes

31 quotes by 29 authors

• The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had… — Mark Twain
• PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face… — Alexander Chee
• Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. — Toru Takemitsu
• 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 has nothing to… — Jerry Saltz
• I had no special training at all; I am completely self taught. I don't fit the mold of a visual arts designer or a graphic… — Toru Iwatani
• Many people who excel are self-taught. — Herb Ritts
• 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 people. — Fred Couples
• I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value! — Sam Palladio
• I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be… — Fred L. Turner
• Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar. — Kathie Lee Gifford
• I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players. — Walter Becker
• I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught. — Ernie Isley
• I'm mostly self-taught. I didn't learn much in school. — Agnes Denes
• Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but… — William Hazlitt
• An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed. — John Constable
• All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. — Jerry Saltz
• I was in a band in high school and college and I always had a love for music, but I didn't go to a conservatory… — Tim Heidecker
• I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background. — Adam Jones
• I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school. — Karl Lagerfeld
• A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. — Henny Youngman

Who Wrote These Self Taught Quotes

29 authors contributed a total of 31 Self Taught Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Self Taught Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
• 2 Self Taught Quotes by Jerry Saltz
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Karl Lagerfeld
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Henny Youngman
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Lois Duncan
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Hugh Nibley
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Aravind Adiga
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Ludwig von Mises
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Alan Moore
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Yigal Azrouel
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Zubin Mehta
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Maximillian Degenerez
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Alan Garner
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Mark Twain
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Alexander Chee
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Toru Takemitsu
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Toru Iwatani
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Herb Ritts
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Fred Couples
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Sam Palladio
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Fred L. Turner
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Kathie Lee Gifford
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Walter Becker
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Ernie Isley
• 1 Self Taught Quote by Agnes Denes