Yvon Chouinard Quotes

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

Make the hard ones look easy and the easy ones look hard.

Complex things, if you don't understand them, it seems complicated. If you understand them, and we know how to handle it, it became simple.

What one does easily, one does well.

You have to know your craft. I find that most people who are very, very successful know their craft and have done the research.

Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A traditional midwife is a professional. A traditional bone setter is a professional. These are professionals all over the world. You find them in any inaccessible village around the world.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

There is nothing like practice.

It taught me something. It taught you your craft.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it.

I knew I had a long way to go with my mechanics.

If you keep doing something you are good at, it's going to get you by.

Whatever it is you do, practice your art; practice your trade. Learn as much as you can about what it is you're doing and apply that as much as you can, because the application of it is what is going to mostly get you where you think you want to be.

Anything that's done correctly is easy.

Success is really about expertise.

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage