Skill Quotes

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LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents.… — Ambrose Bierce
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill. — Alexander Pope
There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which… — Joseph Conrad
A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing tender emotions , but of intelligence, skill, taste, proportion, knowledge, discipline… — Evelyn Waugh
Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man? ...I… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by it. — John Ruskin
Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began. — Lloyd Alexander
I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model... — Paul Gauguin
All one can do is to achieve nakedness, to be what one is with all one's faculties and perceptions, strengthened by all the skill which… — Stephen Spender
I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it… — Leon Battista Alberti
It takes risks to achieve. It's often scary. It requires something you didn't know before or a skill you didn't have before. But in the… — Jack Canfield
You can't express inspiration without skill. — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it. — Roger Scruton
Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment. — Adam Gopnik
Dialogue is good, America used to talk to Iraq all the time. Members of Congress don't have any special skill in weapons inspection. However, if… — Dennis Kucinich
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise… — Herbert Read
Do not fear lack of knowledge, talent or skill. Seek motivation and the others will come. — Randall Dale Adams
Art should take what is complex and render it simply. It takes a lot of skill, human understanding, stamina, courage, energy, and heart to do… — Anna Deavere Smith
Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training. — Richard Davidson
Typing is an essential skill, but it can be painful. Some children just don't know where the letters are. Typing a three-page story, when they… — Susan Mitchell

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