I'm always tryin' to do something new, tryin' to look like a beginner.
The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. The innocence of the first inquiry—what am I?—is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything.
Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel I am a beginner, always; because it's true.
A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a symphony. Mozart suggested that a symphony was rather an ambitious project for a beginner: perhaps the young man might better try his hand at something simpler first. "But you were writing symphonies when you were my age. " the student protested. "Yes, but I didn't have to ask how. "
I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.
I finally got to junior high and I got to start saxophone. There were a few of us that were in the beginner band in sixth grade that made it to the advanced band, which was called the morning band at our junior high school in Staten Island.
The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.
Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner.
If the angel deigns to come it will be because you have convinced her, not by tears but by your humble resolve to be always beginning; to be a beginner.
Art. . . is as much a source of happiness for the beginner as for the master. One forgets everything in one's work.
A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.
In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.
I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that's what I'll stay until the end of my life. Because I'm forever a beginner who discovers the world again and again.
The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.
Every expert was once a beginner.
A beginner cook is going to have to be patient to really learn well. When you start to beat your master, that's when you're really starting to master the thing. But it's going to take a while. After that, you have to define what you want to be, who you want to be, where you want to be.
Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner.
There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner.
If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.
Every morning I am a beginner.
