Technique Quotes

Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.

The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

I don't use the techniques I learned at NYU much anymore.

Surrender is the ultimate technique to merge with existence.

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.

I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything about methods or techniques. It would be loving people first.

If you don't care about losing, you will focus on technique.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character.

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

Inner mental technique is more important than the physical one.

You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon it consciously.

The beauty of a piece of music is not in its technique but in the Soul of its creator; nor is it in the sound vibrations of the piece but in the silence of the Light from which the sound springs.

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

From breathing techniques, muscle toning to overall flexibility and relaxation, my Pilates sessions have become something of a weekly necessity that keeps me fit, happy and energized.

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

Animation is a technique, not a genre.

The artist can know all the technique in the world, but if he feels nothing, it will mean nothing.

If you want a confidence, act as if you already have it. Try the "as if" technique.

It economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.

Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.

It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

Yoga nidra is the yoga of aware sleep. In this lies the secret of self healing. Yoga Nidra is a pratyahara technique in which the distractions of the mind are contained and the mind is relaxed.

My technique is the outcome of thinking for myself, of my own logic and approach; it is not borrowed from what others are doing.

Since the 1930s the technique of buying votes with the voters' own money has been expanded to an extent undreamed of by earlier politicians.

If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.

There is no technique, there is just the way to do it. Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?

Working your whole life wondering where the day went, the subway stays packed like a multicultural slaveship.

I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films.

When you are learning a new technique, practice it wholeheartedly until you truly understand it.

Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

Learning a technique is not an end in itself, it merely indicates where you need to start.

It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.

The only thing a master can teach is how to learn about yourself. There are no secrets. They are only techniques to waken yourself.

Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.

In a fight between a strong technique and a strong body, technique will prevail. In a fight between a strong mind and a strong technique, mind will prevail, because it will find the weak point.

Learn technique; have full command to the extent of not being conscious of how it is done. When craftsmanship has been developed, you are free to create... technique will give way to expression!

Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker

If you learn indoor techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters.

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal, This is the last time I kneel and pray to the sky, Cause almost everything that I was always ever told was a lie...

I’m so worried that I’m going to perfect [my] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend upon some technical error.

I compare arithmetic with a tree that unfolds upwards in a multitude of techniques and theorems while the root drives into the depths.

If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.