A PROFESSIONAL
DEDICATES HIMSELF
TO MASTERING TECHNIQUET
he professional respects his craft. He does not
consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the
contributions of those who have gone before him. He
apprentices himself to them.
The professional dedicates himself to mastering
technique not because he believes technique is a
substitute for inspiration but because he wants to
be in possession of the full arsenal of skills when
inspiration does come. The professional is sly. He
knows that by toiling beside the front door of tech-
nique, he leaves room for genius to enter by the back.
THE WAR OF ART