Lindsay Fox Quotes

I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book.

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience.

I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

I just wasn't academic. I wanted to be in the real world.

I didn't go to university or get a degree, but I hired somebody as a mentor - and that I considered my university education.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they want to do, and they just want to get on with it.

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me.

Definitely working on 'Deal or No Deal' was a learning experience, and it helped me to understand what I would rather be doing.

I started working on a TV show in Australia, straight out of high school, so I missed the whole university experience.

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

I actually went to film school, but I didn't like it. I'm basically self-taught.

The greatest teacher I know is the job itself.

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.

I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.

You have to think about what you want to do. There is nothing to say that you should study from the age of 20 to 23. I learnt more on a film set at 17 than in the classroom.

The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes.

I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.

Throughout my career, some of my best hires have been people who have bypassed the traditional route of university and learned their skills through apprenticeship schemes or alternative education courses.

I didn't have the luxury of going to the four year school for acting.

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

Learning from experience and learning from education, both are important. Your education & values decide how you learn from your experiences.