Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

Critics for established venues are vetted by editors; they usually demonstrate a certain objectivity; and they come with known backgrounds and specialized knowledge.

It taught me something. It taught you your craft.

You have to have a work ethic, and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools.

The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

Training, that's my specialty.

You've got to have a commitment to your craft.

I'm a student of the game.

I am a student of the game.

If you're going to make comments on economy, study economy. If you're gonna make comments on world history, make sure you learn world history. If you're gonna save lives and be a doctor, you need to study medicine. Then, you will be able to make comments on economy, on medicine, and on world history.

I take my craft seriously.

I believe strongly that philosophy has nothing to do with specialists.

Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell they're doing. They may tell you around the dining room table that you're funny and you should be an actor, but until you challenge yourself by getting on a stage or in front of a camera, that's when your knowledge of the craft separates you from the pretenders.

In the general tendency toward specialization, philosophy too has established itself as a specialized discipline, one purified of all specific content. In so doing, philosophy has denied its own constitutive concept: the intellectual freedom that does not obey the dictates of specialized knowledge.

When passions and appetites are stronger than the intellect, men are savages; when the intellect governs the passions, when the passions are servants, men are civilized. The people need education - facts - philosophy.

When you see me do a five-minute thing, there's been about two years of preparation behind that. You know, I find that's what it takes to really make it the level of quality I prefer.

To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations.

Mastery is the art of setting your foot on the path.

I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.

Destiny, quite often, is a determined parent. Mozart was hardly some naive prodigy who sat down at the keyboard and, with God whispering in his ears, let music flow from his fingertips. It's a nice image for selling tickets to movies, but whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.