Francis Keppel famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.

  • Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

  • Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser.

  • But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.

  • Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.

  • For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.

  • Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

  • One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

  • Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

  • Education is too important to be left solely to educators.