James Iha Quotes

Actually, the whole thing of being a solo artist has been such a learning process for me. Since I departed from my previous band, NIGHTWISH, it was the whole beginning of my career, there was stuff in the air. I had to learn so much.

Experience is a great teacher.

Hits and flops will come and go. But what stays with you is the experience you had while shooting a film. I am happy learning something new each time.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It's experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

I think I have a lot of learning to do, but that's what the game is for.

Life is like school. You aren't going to be born knowing what to do in every situation. You learn little by little.

I think you never leave what you learn.

You just learn one thing for the day, that can change a fight.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.

Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.

Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school.

The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned.

There's no point sitting here, using words that mean nothing. Go and experiment. It's time you got out of here. Go and re-conquer your kingdom, which has grown corrupted by routine. Stop repeating the same lesson, because you won't learn anything new that way.

I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.

We live and learn, or, perhaps more importantly we learn and live.

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Whatever results you get, learn and grow from it and move on to the next one.

I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.

What I've learned over the last 6 or 7 years, I would love to teach people. I still have a lot to share with people and especially within the US.

It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.