Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.

The uniqueness about me is I don't do one thing perfectly or great. I do a little bit of everything. That's what makes me so unique. I'm just trying to master a little bit of everything.

I know I'm in a 'jack of all, master of none' situation, but I like it that way.

Often, people are afraid to be good at more than one thing.

I'm not just a designer; I'm not just a retailer. I'm not just a street style person, whatever that is. I can instead do a little bit of everything.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.

I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.

I think I'm okay at everything and not spectacular at any one thing that Kaggle does.

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

I sometimes worry that maybe it's better to be really good at one thing than be okay at a couple things.

I don't know how much you know about me, but I kind of have my fingers in a lot of different pies.

I'm not just trying to be good at one thing and then call it a day. I want to be like Bruno Mars.

I do a little bit of everything.

I don't want to rely on one thing. Being good at everything, that's how you earn your spot on the floor.

I'm kind of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

I've always wanted to be - I know people think this is an insult - but a jack of all trades.

I always wanted to do be an allrounder. I don't know why I picked keeping.

People sometimes think that if someone plays basketball, they have to do that one thing they're great at. But I like being able to show that you can do more than one thing and do it at a high level.

I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long enough to become a specialist at it.