„I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.“
— Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890
Quotes about learning
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„You must learn all things, both the unshaken heart of persuasive truth, and the opinions of mortals in which there is no true warranty.“
— Parmenides ancient Greek philosopher -501 - -470 BC
Frag B 1.28-30, quoted by Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians, vii. 3; Simplicius, Commentary on the Heavens, 557-8; Proclus, Commentary on the Timaeus I, 345
„Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.“
— Pablo Picasso Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer 1881 - 1973
„It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary… to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.“
— Margaret Mead American anthropologist 1901 - 1978
1950s, As quoted in Teacher's Treasury of Stories for Every Occasion (1958) by Millard Dale Baughman, p. 69
„If anybody tries to play the game of "follow the guru" with me, they will be lost, for they will learn that I am just as confused as they are. The difference may be that I know it.“
— Leo Buscaglia Motivational speaker, writer 1924 - 1998
Living, Loving, and Learning (1982), Context: About two years ago a young lady came into my office, and I knew immediately something was wrong. Her eyes were kind of glazed, and her head was nodding, and I asked, "What's the matter" She replied, "Oh, Dr. Buscaglia, in order to get enough courage to come to see you, I had to drink a whole bottle of Ripple! And I think I am going to be sick!" Imagining... having to drink a bottle of Ripple to summon up the courage to come to see me. All I do is put my hands out and say, "Hi." I cover their hands with mine and lead them into my office, and I can see a look of panic on their faces, "What's he going to do to me?" I am not going to do anything to you! I just want you to know that I cry, too, and I feel, too, and I care, too, and I don't know everything, too, and therefore, we can start with a common frame of reference — human being to human being. If anybody tries to play the game of "follow the guru" with me, they will be lost, for they will learn that I am just as confused as they are. The difference may be that I know it. A Buddhist teacher once said to me, "Why do you keep moving? You are already there." And all of a sudden it occurred to me — my goodness, I am!
„We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much to live outside of time… detached.“
— Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita: Federico Fellini's Masterpiece
„Learning proceeds until death and only then does it stop. … Its purpose cannot be given up for even a moment. To pursue it is to be human, to give it up to be a beast.“
— Xun Zi Ancient Chinese philosopher -313 - -238 BC
An Exhortation to Learning, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2001), p. 258
„If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live“
— Lin Yutang Chinese writer 1895 - 1976
„You learn after a while that it's not getting your face recognised that's the payoff. It's having your film remembered.“
— Leonardo DiCaprio American actor and film producer 1974
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„School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.“
— Leonardo DiCaprio American actor and film producer 1974
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„If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.“
— Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter and actress 1946
„You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.“
— Charlie Parker American jazz saxophonist and composer 1920 - 1955
As quoted in Acting Is a Job: Real-life Lessons About the Acting Business (2006) by Jason Pugatch, p. 73; this statement has occurred with many different phrasings, including: "Learn the changes, then forget them."
„We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.“
— Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
The Long Loneliness (1952), p. 286
„Should you seek might, power, false honor, excess — seek that we would work for you to provide your temporal advantages — we will bring you as close to the throne as you wish, and then turn you over to the consequences of your folly, but our inner sanctuary remains closed to such. But should you want to learn wisdom — want to learn to make mankind more clever, better, free and happy — then be thrice welcomed by us.“
— Adam Weishaupt German philosopher and founder of the Order of Illuminati 1748 - 1830
Die neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo in dem Illuminaten-Orden (1794) pp. 9-10.
„Most psychologists agree at least some of our analytical ability is innate; however, most also agree common sense is not innate but derived from learned experiences; since common sense which I refer to as reasoned judgment requires analysis, then reasoned judgment must be partly innate.“
— RJ Intindola (Gandolfo)
2002
„I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you’re but the jester — and if you don’t think that way, you’re going to get very, very conceited.“
— Jerry Lewis American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and film director 1926 - 2017
As quoted in "Jerry Lewis on Dean Martin: 'I think of him every day.'" by Alex Scordelis, in The New York Post (26 August 2016) http://nypost.com/2016/08/26/jerry-lewis-on-dean-martin-de-niro-and-his-favorite-joke/
„You have to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you“
— Joseph Smith, Jr., book History of the Church
1840s, King Follett discourse (1844), Context: You have to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one: from grace to grace FROM EXALTATION TO EXALTATION until you ATTAIN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
History of the Church, 6:306 (7 April 1844)
„In the preceding section attention was called to the fact that every point p of the straight line produces a separation of the same into two portions such that every point of one portion lies to the left of every point of the other. I find the essence of continuity in the converse, i. e., in the following principle:
"If all points of the straight line fall into two classes such that every point of the first class lies to the left of every point of the second class, then there exists one and only one point which produces this division of all points into two classes, this severing of the straight line into two portions."
…every one will at once grant the truth of this statement; the majority of my readers will be very much disappointed in learning that by this commonplace remark the secret of continuity is to be revealed.“
— Richard Dedekind German mathematician 1831 - 1916
Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen (1872)
„I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.“
— Rosa Parks African-American civil rights activist 1913 - 2005
Quiet Strength (2000)
