Self Taught Quotes
31 quotes by 29 authors
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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
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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
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Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.
— Toru Takemitsu
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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
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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
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Many people who excel are self-taught.
— Herb Ritts
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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
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I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!
— Sam Palladio
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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
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Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
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I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
— Walter Becker
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I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.
— Ernie Isley
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I'm mostly self-taught. I didn't learn much in school.
— Agnes Denes
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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
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An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed.
— John Constable
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All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy.
— Jerry Saltz
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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
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
— Adam Jones
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I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
— Karl Lagerfeld
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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: