Gordon Richards Quotes

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

Can you really learn to knit from a diagram? Try it. Do you want to learn to ski or surf by yourself? You could drown or run into a tree.

I started learning to ride a bike when I was 18.

I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.

You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique. The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school.

When we were working on 'Looking' in San Francisco, I bought a new bike from Mission Bicycle Company, which I'm completely in love with.

I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar.

I always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

I love cycling.

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

They always say start at the bottom if you want to learn something. But suppose you want to learn to swim?

I've biked my whole life. We didn't have bus service when I was going to school in Holland, so I biked around 25 kilometers to school every day.

There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.

Damien Hirst knows how to drive super-fast cars... I love my bicycle.

Nobody was willing to lend their bike or teach me to ride. Bike riding is very addictive and nobody wants to part with their bike for someone else.

I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own.

I learnt everything to do with music in my own time.

Learning to ride a bike in a public park means anyone can see you.

I don't have a car - I have a beautiful Pinarello bike.

I self-taught myself music at 19-20.

President Bush fell off his mountain bike down on his ranch in Texas. A couple weeks ago, John Kerry fell off his bicycle. See, doesn't this make you miss President Clinton? That guy, he could ride anything without falling off.

I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing.

The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.