Technique Quotes - Page 3

• Art is a thing so much of the imagination, of the soul, that it is difficult to descend to the fundamentals of technique and yet make it plain to the student that these are but the 'means' and not an end in themselves.

  John F. Carlson

  Art, Mean, Imagination

  John F. Carlson (2013). “Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting”, p.9, Courier Corporation

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• And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle.

  Richard Diebenkorn

  Struggle, Sometimes, Powder

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• No matter what techniques I use, I still want to go after the eternal, meaningful aspects of painting.

  Dan Thompson

  Meaningful, Use, Want

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• There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare.

  Jim Lehrer

  Answers, Matter, Interviews

  "PBS's Judy Woodruff, Jim Lehrer reflect on prior presidential races". thehill.com. September 8, 2008.

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• I have no guitar technique.

  Warren Zevon

  Guitar

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• The Alexander Technique transformed my life. it is the result of an acknowledged genius. I would recommend it to anyone.

  Tony Buzan

  Genius, Results, Transformed

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• Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

  Allen Tate

  Religion, Sole, Values

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• Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.

  Adam Baldwin

  Captivating, Stills, Stillness

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• I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Art, Skills, Wish

  "TalkAsia" with Anna Coren, www.cnn.com. August 10, 2011.

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• My technique, starting with a quick outline in pencil, is designed to record first impressions, with no time for second thoughts.

  John Newbery

  First Impression, Records, Firsts

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• I try not to handle the foreign subjects with my English techniques and preconceptions, but to paint Sydney in Sydney and Tangier in Tangier.

  John Newbery

  Trying, Tangier, Paint

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• Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Teaching, People

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• To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

  Andrew Wyeth

  Superficial Things, Would Be, Superficial

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• The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th,
  The New World Order was born on September 11.

  Immortal Technique

  Rap, Order, Hip Hop

  Song: The Cause Of Death

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• I'd rather be proud of what I am, rather than desperatly try to be something I'm really not; just to fit in.

  Immortal Technique

  Trying, Proud, Fit

  "Song: "The Poverty of Philosophy" ("Revolutionary Vol. 1")". September 18, 2001.

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• I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique.

  Alfred Stieglitz

  Photography, Long, Quality

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• Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  Sports, Boring, Karate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The technique of positive thinking is not a technique that transforms you. It is simply repressing the negative aspects of your personality. It is a method of choice. It cannot help awareness; it goes against awareness. Awareness is always choiceless.

  Rajneesh

  Positive Thinking, Choices, Personality

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• Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

  Troy Vincent

  Sports, Play, Contact

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• I find the Alexander Technique very helpful in my work. Things happen without you trying. They get to be light and relaxed. You must get an Alexander teacher to show it to you.

  John Cleese

  Teacher, Light, Trying

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• Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Mean, Discipline

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• You can make the future, but it starts with leaving the past.

  Immortal Technique

  Past, Leaving, Immortal

  Song: Leaving The Past, 2003

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• Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition.

  Immortal Technique

  Christian, Ambition, Places You Go

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• The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.

  Raymond Chandler

  Men, Ideas, Proof

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.73, Univ of California Press

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• I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

  Lee Iacocca

  Motivational, Teamwork, Honesty

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