heard this quote before?

[Isaac]

"First acquire an infallible technique and then open yourself to inspiration"


This, or something very similar to it, was in an old art textbook of mine, back when I was a lousy art major. Now that I've lost the book, I'm trying to find out who said this. The Google doesn't seem to know. A search implies that it's Japaneses, but I remember it being a Chinese saying according to the book.

I could have originally been worded, in the book, "first comes skill, then inspiration". That's what I was looking for at first. My memory is junk.

So, I'm just asking if any of you have heard this before or have any names I should research under?

THANK YOU INTERNET PEOPLE! *bows to the ground*

[Heretic]

It's some of the first text in the book by the name of A History of Graphic Design by Philip Meggs

[Isaac]

Wow thanks! Yeah, I took that class once. I wonder if my library has it.

THANK YOU!

You get an octopus >>>

[LEON]

Nice quote.

Fred Astair said it like this.
"You`re at a level where you can only afford one mistake. The higher up you go, the more mistakes you`re allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it`s considered to be your style".