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Studying Quotes

On the different paths people take toward mastering something.

Several lines trace early study toward a craft, from music lessons in childhood to years spent in scientific research labs. Read more in our Art quotes.

I really love teaching; I was actually studying to be a preschool teacher.

Quotes by Yalitza Aparicio

I'm a lapsed Zen Buddhist. I've read hundreds of books on Zen, I meditated daily for about fifteen years, and once spent a month studying with Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

Quotes by Will McIntosh

I began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in Peter Moore's laboratory in 1978.

Quotes by Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.

Quotes by Van Morrison

Acting Quotes

My siblings and I grew up studying from both the Bhagavad-Gita and the Bible, going to Mass, and then coming home to a yoga kirtan.

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.

Quotes by Trudi Canavan

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.

Quotes by Tracy Morgan

I was brought up on music hall, and at the same time, I was studying Greek at the age of 12.

Quotes by Tony Harrison

I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him.

Quotes by Terry Riley

Architecture Quotes

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and...

Quotes by Sutton Foster

When I started studying acting, I was enamoured of actors who used movement to enhance the language.

Quotes by Steven Berkoff

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

Quotes by Soleil Moon Frye

All Italians speak Spanish without studying.

Quotes by Sirio Maccioni

Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.

Quotes by Sidney Altman

Art Quotes

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

Quotes by Shirley Knight

I've been studying voice for quite a while, especially opera, for at least seven or eight years.

Quotes by Shelly Burch

I was studying in Pune when I was asked to audition for 'Navya' through a social networking site. Once I landed the show, there's been no looking back.

Quotes by Shaheer Sheikh

So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing.

Quotes by Sete Gibernau

The origin of galaxies is one of the fundamental questions of astronomy, and that's what I've been studying.

Quotes by Sandra Faber

Best Quotes

I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality.

Quotes by Sandra Bernhard

Frequently Asked Questions

What fields of study appear in this collection?
A wide range — preschool teaching, ribosome research, tenor saxophone, and Zen Buddhism all show up as things people describe actively studying, rather than just learning about in passing.
Does the collection include real names of teachers or mentors?
Yes — Peter Moore is named as the laboratory head where one speaker began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in 1978, and George Cassidy is named as the teacher who introduced another to tenor saxophone in Belfast.
Why do people search for studying quotes?
They're motivating for anyone in the middle of learning a skill or subject, and they show that meaningful expertise often starts small and specific. See related dedication in Best quotes.
Is there a quote about spiritual study?
One speaker describes reading hundreds of books on Zen, meditating daily for around fifteen years, and spending a month studying with Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh — a name that appears directly in the quote.
Does 'studying' here mean formal education only?
No — it covers formal academic paths like postdoctoral lab work as well as informal, hands-on learning like picking up an instrument as a kid, showing the word applies broadly to dedicated early pursuit of a craft.

Others describe more personal, ongoing study, like years spent reading and meditating under a teacher's guidance. Explore Acting quotes for related themes.