Paul Cezanne Quotes

The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better.

I can always see ways to improve what I've done. At the same time, knowing it's all an ongoing life's work allows me to be less precious about blind alleys, failed experiments, and misfires.

The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end.

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.

My thirst for knowledge and experience comes from the idea that once you learned something, it was time to learn something else. I missed out on a formal educational process, so I'm making up for that.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

Never stop training, no matter what level you're at. Never, ever stop putting your talent under a microscope and asking, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah - I'm doing all this stuff right, but what's wrong with my acting?'

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.

Even when I have a good game, you can still do things better.

You can always improve as a player; there's never a time when you can say anything is perfect.

I'm never content. I'm always searching, looking for things to better myself.

I love the process. It's like I've fallen in love with the process of trying to become great.

There is always room for improvement even if you're getting 110 averages.

As a human, as a professional player, you have to improve every day, every training session, every game.

I want to stay learning and hopefully allow my craft to evolve.

No person should become complacent by his/her work and think that he/she has done their best.

I had no sense of having reached some goal because I was an etoile at the Paris Opera. My ambition, if you can call it that, was to discover and learn and be excited by what I was doing. If I didn't have that, I would find it elsewhere.

The day I think I've achieved everything will be the day I fail. There is no end to learning, and I want to continue being a student.