“I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.” NeedsStillsPlayPracticeAmountMassiveClassical Music Author:Alicia Keys
“Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. But this is not to say that because we have got used to something demonstrably less legible than something else would be if we could get used to it, we should make no effort to scrap the existing thing. This was done by the Florentines and Romans of the fifteenth century; it requires simply good sense in the originators & good will in the rest of us.” IfsShouldDoneWould BeUsedEffortPracticeCenturyAmountAccustomedGood WillGood SenseScrapLegibility Author:Eric Gill
“An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice.” PracticeAmountReflectionPerformances Author:Robin Sharma
“We delude ourselves if we believe that skilled behavior is easy, that it can come about without effort. We forget the years of tuning, of learning and practice it takes to be skilled at even the most fundamental of human activities: eating, walking, talking, reading, and writing. It is tempting to want instant gratification - immediate expert performance and experiential pleasure - but the truth is that this primarily occurs only after considerable amounts of accretion and tuning.” IfsWantWritingYearsBelieveHumansReadingEasyForgetPleasureEffortTalkingPracticeAmountWalkingTruth IsActivityBehaviorEatingPerformancesFundamentalsInstantExpertsGratificationTemptingHuman ActivityReading And WritingTuningInstant Gratification Author:Donald A. Norman
“No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.” WayLittlesProblemPracticeMeditationAmountReflectionYogaDifficultyGuidesDietsGoing Away Author:Jack Kornfield