A Quote by Rudolf Nureyev

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Rudolf Nureyev

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Rudolf Nureyev
Russian - Dancer
March 17, 1938 - January 6, 1993

The professional dedicates himself to mastering technique not because he believes technique is a substitute for inspiration but because he wants to be in possession of the full arsenal of skills when inspiration does come. The professional is sly. He knows that by toiling beside the front door of technique, he leaves room for genius to enter by the back.

Steven Pressfield

I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.

Jane Lynch

I didn't want to fall back. But I realized it was more important to make it to the end under my own power than to run flat out in the lead or in second and then run out of fuel with a lap to go.

Danica Patrick

Remember that for every technique you think you can fall back on, there is a counter for it, or there are times when it cannot be used. When real battle comes, you must remember that some things will not be applicable. Don't think that any one technique is quintessential.

Masaaki Hatsumi

I try to show good technique - boxing technique, wrestling technique, jiu jitsu technique.

Andrei Arlovski

You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.

Lil Durk

Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas. Fill the lacunae of inspiration by tidily copying out what is already written.

Walter Benjamin

Fall is my favorite my time of the year. I love it. I'll try and make it back to Vancouver a bunch. I love going back home for that. Everything turns orange. You start to get out of summer, start making your way into the winter, everyone is wearing jackets. Vancouver lights up in the fall, so I definitely go back there for a bit.

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Al Gore, you've been a real inspiration. But a lot of other people who preach the global warming gospel aren't out to save the world. They're out to run it.

Jesse Ventura

So I'm gonna work out and stay busy, just go get my body back right. And whatever team it is that I fall on I fall on.

Shaquill Griffin

Spiritual growth is like learning to walk. We stand up, fall, stand up, fall, take a step, fall, take a couple of steps, fall, walk a little better, wobble a bit, fall, run, and finally, eventually fly.

Geri Larkin

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back.

Chuck Palahniuk

Sometimes you fall in love with a song 'cause it's new, it's exciting and you just birthed it. Then you fall out of love sometimes. But the strongest songs always survive and you come back and you fall in love all over again.

Jared Leto

It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.

Vivienne Westwood

Inspiration is very nice when you get it. It's like being given a present you weren't expecting. You don't hand the present back and say, 'My birthday's not till November.' You take it and run.