Art Quote by Gichin Funakoshi Download Open image “Spirit first, technique second.” — Gichin Funakoshi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Firsts Martial arts Spirit Technique
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We do not know and cannot tell when the spirit is with us. Great talent or small, it makes no difference. We are caught… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
We have to find out the technique by which the spirit whispers to our hearts. We have to learn to hear it and to… — S. Dilworth Young Copy Share Image
Spirit is the third, yet in such a way that one can speak of a synthesis only when the spirit is posited. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
You use the body as a medium to bring the mind back to the brain. Perfect married between body and mind. Then, you can… — Bikram Choudhury Copy Share Image
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
What you have been taught by listening to others' words you will forget very quickly; what you have learned with your whole body you… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Beginners must master low stance and posture, natural body positions are for the advanced. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
The spirit of karate practice and the elements of training are applicable to each and every aspect of our daily lives. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included … all these techniques should… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
You must be deadly serious in training. When I say that, I do not mean that you should be reasonably diligent or moderately in… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
