Technical Difficulty Quotes

Perhaps... I mean there are people who defend that it as an art. I don't. I like it but it's not an art form as far as I'm concerned, and yet it's a similar thing, once you can't land those jumps, you're disqualified - that precludes it from ever becoming a serious art form.

I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term - meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching - there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English.

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

It would be nice to have radio support, not that we've ever had that much trouble with it.

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

I've always worked on the machines, especially the 125 and 250 which are really difficult to set up.

I hate having to read the manual.

I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which I am, and I believe that I am much more like the typical non-technical harried user than I am like the people who smoothly operate everything.

Economics is not brain surgery.

It's hard to shape glass. It took me years of practice, and as a result, I've never gotten bored with it. It's difficult. Every time I come into the studio, I've got some sort of new challenge. And something that I would like to learn how to do better, and the material never disappoints me.

Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can't my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to play what I hear in my head - that is the ultimate source of frustration.

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

Well, to be honest, technically speaking there are more demanding circuits than the A1-Ring. But, overall, it does pose its challenges - both for the car and for the team. This circuit should not be underestimated!

There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery.

It took hours to turn the clock back 30 seconds.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

To play music, you have to understand it. I didn't understand 'Topographic Oceans.' That's why I hardly played on it. It frustrated me no end - and playing the whole thing on tour, I got farther and farther away from it.

I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.

I don't really know how to work a camera.

Physics is much too hard for physicists.

I don't want to have to do production, which is very technical. I don't enjoy that.

What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.

Troubleshooting a wiring problem is a soul-killing experience.

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.