Art is craft, not inspiration.

Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“One real difference between art and craft: with craft, perfection is possible. In that sense the Western definition of craft closely matches the Eastern…

— David Bayles and Ted Orland

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

— Steve Martin

The art of a master is the art of craft

— Anonymous

Art is craft: all art is always and essentially a work of craft: but in the true work of art, before the craft and…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The difference between art and craft lies not in the tools you hold in your hands, but in the mental set that guides them.…

— David Bayles

Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

“In writing, there is art. And in art there is craft ...”

— Susi Moore

Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft.

— Henry Threadgill

I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft…

— Melissa Rosenberg

Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through.

— Kid Rock

Muscle is good, but craft is better

— Wace

You need to know your craft.

— Lorena Garcia

It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something.

— Paul Goodman

All the craft skills that I have, I feel like I developed and honed in drama school. It's the most important thing for me.

— Andre Holland