Artist Quote by George L. Carlson

Technique is nothing more than failed style.

— John Waters

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

— Leon Trotsky

Sometimes technique works better than a whole lot of other things.

— Tony Gwynn

Technique is something that you use if you need it. Otherwise, to hell with it.

— Sanford Meisner

It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more brave in the sense that you're -…

— Cary Fukunaga

If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.

— Paco de Lucia

Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder.

— Raymond Chandler

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic…

— Oscar Wilde

It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic…

— Anonymous

Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much…

— Anonymous

“To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t…

— Anonymous

Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that

— Masaaki Hatsumi