Ballet Quote by La Meri

The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.

— La Meri

One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.

— Henry Moore

We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just…

— Leo Ornstein

It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.

— John Locke

I don't stick to special techniques, conscious techniques.

— Marion Cotillard

You have to have the brain to conceptualize technique and apply it to your body.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

“Contained within a given lesson or particular technique is the essence of all techniques. You imitate and study a particular form to grasp the…

— H.E. Davey

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

— Sanford Meisner

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

— Leon Trotsky

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

Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the…

— Chris Evert

To create, we need both technique and freedom of technique

— Stephen Nachmanovitch