Asha

“Modern corporate controlled governments are making Adolf Hitler look like an amateur.”
― Steven Magee

“A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it; an amateur is one who can't when he does feel like it. ”
― James Agate

“Sometime look at a novice workman or a bad workman and compare his expression with that of a craftsman whose work you know is excellent and you’ll see the difference. The craftsman isn’t ever following a single line of instruction. He’s making decisions as he goes along. For that reason he’ll be absorbed and attentive to what he’s doing even though he doesn’t deliberately contrive this. His motions and the machine are in a kind of harmony. He isn’t following any set of written instructions because the nature of the material at hand determines his thoughts and motions, which simultaneously change the nature of the material at hand. The material and his thoughts are changing together in a progression of changes until his mind’s at rest at the same time the material’s right.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“AMATEUR, n. A public nuisance who mistakes taste for skill, and confounds his ambition with his ability.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary