Agnes Varda Quotes

For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer.

What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn?

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

I am your original autodidact.

All learning is in the learner, not in the teacher.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.

My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I went to graduate film school at NYU, and at first I didn't get a degree, because I took a scholarship that was supposed to pay my tuition, and I used it to make a film. For the longest time, I never actually graduated. And about 70 percent of the things I learned there I had to unlearn, but 30 percent was really valuable. It's like Mark Twain said, "Don't let school get in the way of your education."

I think self-education is the greatest and best thing you could ever make.

Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.

The best and most important part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

I was always my own teacher.

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

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

I taught myself more in the library than school taught me.

I educated myself, and it made me feel good. I went to museums. I read books. I did all the things, pretty much, that you would do in school. I would never want my kids to leave school, though, I'm really for education.