Self-Taught Quotes

I’m a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft deeper and deeper.

Computer programming has always been a self-taught, maverick occupation.

I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that’s something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.

There are many actors who have not been trained, but self-taught means one cannot be limited. It means you’re continuously learning.

I play by ear – I’m self-taught. And so everything I do is through that technique.

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.

James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught – I didn’t go to art school – so I thought when I started doing them, ‘If James Thurber can be a cartoonist, I can,’ because his stuff is very raw.

I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my family heard my potential, but I didn’t. I was in the choir as a schoolgirl, but really, it is all self-taught.

My father was born in the year 1900 in South Carolina, and he grew up at a time where being an African-American child in the American South was to be deprived of access to anything close to a reasonable education. He only had three years of formal education, but he was self-taught. He read two newspapers a day.

I would say I’m self-taught, but Corinne Day made me less conscious of myself. I was 15, and she’d make me take off my top, and I’d cry. After five years, you get used to it, and you’re not self-conscious anymore.

Tiger had the advantage of high school, college, and a father who knew golf. I was self-taught. Blacks really won’t play golf in great numbers until some of these basketball and football stars buy some golf courses where blacks can play.

I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my family heard my potential, but I didn’t. I was in the choir as a schoolgirl, but really, it is all self-taught.

James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught – I didn’t go to art school – so I thought when I started doing them, ‘If James Thurber can be a cartoonist, I can,’ because his stuff is very raw.

I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I’ve always really enjoyed music.

My mother is an escaped farm girl from North Dakota and a self-taught artist and painter.

My approach to being a self-taught programmer was to find out who was smart and who would be helpful, and these were – these are both men and women. And without learning from my co-workers, I never could’ve gone on in the profession as long as I did.

I actually went to film school, but I didn’t like it. I’m basically self-taught.

Almost everything I’ve been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.

My approach to being a self-taught programmer was to find out who was smart and who would be helpful, and these were – these are both men and women. And without learning from my co-workers, I never could’ve gone on in the profession as long as I did.

When you play with great musicians, whether they’re schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people’s personalities and individual energies.

Tiger had the advantage of high school, college, and a father who knew golf. I was self-taught. Blacks really won’t play golf in great numbers until some of these basketball and football stars buy some golf courses where blacks can play.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby.

When you play with great musicians, whether they’re schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people’s personalities and individual energies.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that’s something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.

My father was born in the year 1900 in South Carolina, and he grew up at a time where being an African-American child in the American South was to be deprived of access to anything close to a reasonable education. He only had three years of formal education, but he was self-taught. He read two newspapers a day.

Almost everything I’ve been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.

As far as inspiration, the most I got from YouTube was that I’m kind of self-taught by watching YouTube tutorials on how to use Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro. I just taught myself enough to produce the content that I had in my head.

I am a self-taught water skier and wind surfer.

I actually went to film school, but I didn’t like it. I’m basically self-taught.

My mother is an escaped farm girl from North Dakota and a self-taught artist and painter.

Apart from my work, my greatest pleasures have been mainly out-of-doors, and although I no longer ski, I greatly enjoy walking in the mountains and leading country rambles. I am fond of music, whether light or classical, and play the piano in a self-taught way. In company, I enjoy lively, way-out discussions.

I was in a band in high school and college and I always had a love for music, but I didn’t go to a conservatory or anything like that. I was fairly self-taught.

Are any of us self-taught? It just means I didn’t go to school for it. But you do have teachers. You have mentors.

I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I’ve always really enjoyed music.

I’m entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

I self-taught myself music at 19-20.

I’m entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

I would say I’m self-taught, but Corinne Day made me less conscious of myself. I was 15, and she’d make me take off my top, and I’d cry. After five years, you get used to it, and you’re not self-conscious anymore.

I’m a self-taught musician aside from what I’ve been able to pick up from other players.

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I’m a self-taught keyboard player, though – I figured out our harmonies at the piano.

You know, I grew up very self-taught.

As far as inspiration, the most I got from YouTube was that I’m kind of self-taught by watching YouTube tutorials on how to use Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro. I just taught myself enough to produce the content that I had in my head.

I’m self-taught. Even today, on the sets, I probe the lightmen, the stunt artistes… they are from a period I’ve not seen; I can visualise it through them.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I’m self-taught.

Are any of us self-taught? It just means I didn’t go to school for it. But you do have teachers. You have mentors.

I am a self-taught water skier and wind surfer.

Yes, I’m a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and ’40s. I’ve never wanted to write about another time or place. I wouldn’t know what to say about contemporary society.

I’m a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I’m self-taught.

I’m self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn’t figure out from the manual or online.

I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

I’ve gone through a whole series of careers where something started as a hobby of some kind. Almost everything I’ve been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.

I’m pretty much self-taught – I never went to any courses. If I want to learn about, say, the frontal lobe, I’ll buy 40 books and absorb them in a couple of weeks. I’m a nerd like that.

I’m a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft deeper and deeper.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

There are many actors who have not been trained, but self-taught means one cannot be limited. It means you’re continuously learning.

I’ve gone through a whole series of careers where something started as a hobby of some kind. Almost everything I’ve been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.

I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I’m a musician. I’m self-taught.

Prince was a hero. He was the brother, the black man that was a little different. As a kid, you thought, ‘Wow, he’s different. If he can do it, I can do it.’ I read that he was self-taught, so I started teaching myself to play the piano.

I’m not a trained chef. I’m a self-taught cook, and I want people to be like, ‘Yo, I could do that! Maybe I didn’t think to or maybe it seemed harder than it really is.’

I self-taught myself music at 19-20.

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.

I’m pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn’t changed a whole lot, I don’t think. But I watch a lot of people.

I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.

I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It’s a great thing to work through problems on your own.

I’m self-taught. Even today, on the sets, I probe the lightmen, the stunt artistes… they are from a period I’ve not seen; I can visualise it through them.