Famous quote by Rudolf Nureyev

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

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In this quote, Rudolf Nureyev, a well-known ballet dancer, is highlighting the significance of method in the imaginative process. He recommends that while inspiration may be the driving force behind a performance or creation, it is eventually strategy that permits one to execute their ideas successfully. Nureyev implies that without a strong structure of technique, one might struggle to bring their vision to life. This quote serves as a tip that while inspiration is essential, it is strategy that supplies the required structure and skill to genuinely bring a creative idea to fulfillment. It stresses the value of developing one's craft and continually improving upon method in order to reach one's full capacity as an artist.

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This quote is written / told by Rudolf Nureyev between March 17, 1938 and January 6, 1993. He/she was a famous Dancer from Russia. The author also have 2 other quotes.
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Fay Godwin, Photographer

"Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing"

Ninette de Valois, Dancer

"Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you're doing at any given time"

Joan Sutherland, Musician

"Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it"

Joan Armatrading, Musician

"We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out of technique, or else it becomes perfectly evident that it is nothing but technique that you're exercising"

Leo Ornstein, Composer

"Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it"

Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist

"Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information"