Simon Bolivar Quotes

I am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.

Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again.

I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.

The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing.

Learn by practice.

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

The thing I love about making movies is the peace of mind that I know I don't have to be perfect the first time. I can be perfect the second time or the third time.

Repetition makes perfect.

Failing is part of my process. A new bit never works the first time. I figure I have to bomb 7 times to make it good. So I tweak it.

Practice makes perfect.

Things hardly ever work on the first try. We'll make another, a better one.

Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

As people do a task, they improve at it.

Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.

You only get better by playing.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

There is nothing like practice.

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.

Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice reduces the imperfection.

People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.