It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things.
Date of birth: 1947-01-24
Date of death: 2003-09-07
Quotes number: 34
Nationality: American
Profession: Musician
Our time is so specialized that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Information is not knowledge.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.