Herbie Hancock Quotes



Best 10 Quotes by Herbie Hancock

“A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.”

“Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.”

“Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.”

“I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.”

“In the world of art there are no wrong choices.”

“Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.”

“Music isn't about music, it's about life.”

“The true artform is being a human being.”

“You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.”

“You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.”

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