By Wynton Marsalis
(from a PBS prodution about teaching art to children)
- Seek instruction
- Make a schedule
- Set goals – chart development
- Focus while practicing
- Relax, practice slowly, you can’t be in a hurry if you’re gonna get better
- Practice the things you can’t do – don’t rehearse your instincts
- Always give maximum expression- invest
- Don’t be too hard on yourself
- Don’t show off
- Think for yourself
- Be optimistic
- Look for connections to other things
