Tamora Pierce Quotes

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

We need to tell better stories of men and women who master a trade. We have to stop telling kids to blindly follow their passion and show them the opportunities that exist. That was the big, overarching message of 'Dirty Jobs.'

Every time I work with a star, I learn a lot. Also, I teach a lot because I'm a shoemaker, a designer. I'm born with a pencil in my hand. For old teenagers like me it's good to learn.

I always wanted to be the worst wrestler on the shows I was on so I could just learn from the guys above me, and that's a great way to be in your first few years of wrestling.

When I was growing up I would always watch the more experienced players to see what they were doing and why they were doing it.

Apprenticeship is a proven model for developing a skilled workforce.

I've just been around a lot of just quality coaches that I've learned from.

Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.

People have interesting things to say and you're only going to learn from different people's experience and knowledge.

Every step of the way I think you learn something that makes you a better player, and all those lessons really come out when it matters the most in a championship.

The apprentice and the master love the master in different ways.

There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them.

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired – it’s hard work.

A true Educator locates the intelligence and abilities within another, drawing them out for all, even the student, to see. And then steps out of the way, allowing them to develop, create and pursue their talent.

If someone can learn from my experiences, grow from them and take it to the next level or to learn what not to do, that's almost a civil responsibility for your peers but also for those that follow you, support you and don't get a chance to come behind the curtain so to speak.

I like to think of myself as an actress, I think of going through all of the films as my kind of film academy, the way that I've learnt.

When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.

One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.

I think it's extremely important to speak to the role of friendship in business. There's enough people talking about funding and capital. I want to talk about how important it is to surround yourself with people that have more experience than you, but also people that have different experience and interests than you.