Each flitch, each board, each plank can have only one ideal use. The woodworker, applying a thousand skills, must find that ideal use and then shape the wood to realize its true potential. — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean… — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
When trees mature, it is fair and moral that they are cut for man's use, as they would soon decay and return to the… — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
Each flitch, each board, each plank can have only one ideal use. The woodworker, applying a thousand skills, must find that ideal use and… — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
It requires a genuine fight to produce one well designed object of relatively permanent value — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to… — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
After a year of doing general farm work, it was quite clear to me that chickens and I were not compatible. — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
