Angela Duckworth Quotes

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

If you're any good at all at what you do, you get better the more you do it.

You've got to perfect your craft.

When you look at Beyonce, every interview she does is just perfect delivery, perfect execution, and the thing is, she has honed that skill down.

You get better as the rounds go on.

I never had a problem with technique.

Being an architect is like playing piano, you learn to play to admire how well the other guys play piano.

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training (I think you can apply this to soccer as well)

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

As people do a task, they improve at it.

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.

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

You only get better by playing.

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

The ballets you do make you into the final product you are. And I had extraordinary partners.

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

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

There is nothing like practice.

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

Experience really does make you better, man.

It taught me something. It taught you your craft.

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.