Skill Quotes
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One thing however, Nat did for him. He taught him carpentry. He learned to distinguish between the different kinds of wood, to love them and understand their ways. Realizing that the boy had great skill with his hands Nat gave him a few tools for his own and taught him wood carving.... First the books and then the wood. Each was a milestone for him on the way through.
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The woodcut is the most graphic of the printmaking techniques. Its practice demands much technical ability and interest. Kirchner's technical skill made woodcutting easy for him. Thus he came in a spontaneous way through the simplification necessary here to a clear style of representation. We see in his woodcuts, which constantly accompanied his creative work, the formal language of the paintings prefigured.
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The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
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There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.
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Thus, a leader’s task is to develop their subordinates’ will along with their skill. This begins with realistic training with consistent standards.
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By and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them.
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Our power play was really clicking. Lots of skill, lots of speed and lots of experience.
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Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.
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Life is so complicated a game that the devices of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down.
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Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my Master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.
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When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.
