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Andreas Scholl, the great German counter-tenor has a profound insight on learning:
“I have this phrase which sums up the process: Imitation, Contemplation, Emancipation. You begin by imitating, you observe yourself doing the action and then you can move on and become free.”
This really resonates with my experience but I only realised it reading this quote.