Eric Maskin Quotes

I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time.

When I was younger, I felt more like a student working with a mentor when I worked with the conductor, but now it feels more like equals.

I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.

From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided that, rather than waste the last day of class summarizing the semester, I'd spend my time talking about what I'd learned in life that was useful.

I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them.

I was close with some of my old professors.

When you are working with someone who is so aware of what they do, you become better, too.

When you are constantly around other professionals, you end up learning and growing.

I just want to learn as much as I can, and that comes from the people I surround myself with. So whether that is on a one-million-dollar movie, or 100-million-dollar movie, it doesn't really matter.

I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us.

Education is what you learn after you leave school.

Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students.

The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole experience of teaching than any one participant has. It is all about asking.

The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.

I absolutely loved my time at 'Brothers & Sisters,' what I learned and everything that went with it. It was an incredibly formative time for me.

While you're setting something up that's educational for yourself, you have an opportunity to teach others at the same time.

I just want to work, and learn from people I respect and admire.

I've learned a lot about writing from listening to my students talk.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

I've been lucky enough to work with extraordinary teachers along the way, and I'm excited to share what I've learned with graduate students at SNHU. I'm just as excited for what I'll learn from them.

I get to learn and teach something new everyday.

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.