Herb Ritts Quotes

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

A visual sense is something you either have or you don't.

If one person in a group of ten is missing the tip of his little finger, I will notice it almost immediately. This extreme attention to visual detail is not a virtue, just a fact of my person. It happens seemingly involuntarily and strikes me as neither good nor bad.

I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really had technical skills, but I've always felt like I appreciate really beautiful things, and part of taking a good photograph is being able to recognize beauty.

Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it - to do what I think is right and what I think is good.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

I believe my love of beauty and my ability to see what works is a gift I was given by God.

The most important thing in life is, if you have a dream, I mean a real good dream, follow it.

Light comes to us by the sensibility. Without visual sensibility there is no light, no movement.

Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.

Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?

I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.

When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

The most important thing today is for young people to take responsibility, to actually know how to formulate an idea and how to work on it. Not to buy into the so-called apprenticeship.

The most important thing you can do for yourself is get an education. Learn, listen, and respond. You have to study and practice to get better at your craft and to widen your skill set.

For us, the most important thing we can do is raise people up - that is, either by giving the ability to do things they could not otherwise do, allow them to create things they couldn't otherwise create. It's about giving them tools; it is about empowering people.

I think a lot of people fail to work on their sight, even though it's probably one of the most important sides to tennis. It's also about reactions and concentration and focus, and I think it's all very closely related.

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.

The duller eye may often see a thing sooner than the keener.

You're not going to be perfect, but the most important thing is not trying to please anybody. It's loving yourself inside out.

If you asked me what the most important thing in my life is, it's learning.