Craft Quotes · Page 8

“It was a work of art. It was better than that. It was a work of craft.”

— Terry Pratchett

The sniper is like a highly skilled surgeon, practicing his craft on the battlefield.

— Brandon Webb

“Restrictions and writing shouldn't mix. Let your mind be open. Let it be a creative canvas.”

— Lauren Hammond

I'm always interested in craft and I was interested to see how people work. For me, it's a little like lessons at…

— Jeff Goldblum

The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.

— Jason Robards

When I was a little younger, I realized acting is a wonderful craft, and it's wonderful when you are working.

— Kevin Schmidt

Most craft is, you know, terrible, absolutely terrible, so I don't like the word, or the word 'artisan' either.

— David Linley

I still go to acting class. I love the craft. It's just so much fun for me, and I'm always a student.

— Eva Mendes

You wake up white, and you think about certain things every day. You wake up black, and you think about certain things.…

— Judith Jamison

I think it's always good to learn a craft from scratch the real way, so that you've learned it from the basis,…

— Naomi Campbell

I kind of thought that stand-up comedy would suffer from the Internet because people seem to know more about the craft of…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if…

— Grayson Perry

Actually, here is something I'm passionate about that, looking around me, seems like the world at large must not care about as…

— Damian Kulash

I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself…

— Hayley Williams

You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never…

— Diane Warren

Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you…

— Tony Vincent

I take my craft seriously, of course, but I don't feel the need to always play a certain character or a certain…

— Tinashe

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the…

— Barry Manilow

Growing up, my dad owned a restaurant in Washington, DC, and food was something I was passionate about. But when I finally…

— David Chang

150 years ago in [Charles] Dickens's time there was at least a sense of craft. So some of the things people had…

— Zadie Smith

“Even when it isn't going well, knitting can be deeply spiritual. Knitting sets goals that you can meet. Sometimes when I work…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“I write to find strength. I write to become the person that hides inside me. I write to light the way through…

— Shannon L. Alder

At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally…

— Ira Glass

Our modern economy privileges pure profit, momentary transactions and rapid fluidity. Part of craft’s anchoring role is that it helps to objectify…

— Richard Sennett

I always go for the craft first because, to me, that's like an oil well - you either hit the oil or…

— Sydney Pollack

I put a lot of love and work into my craft, so when I come out here, I just want to be…

— Micah Parsons

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

— Alan Arkin

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

— Steve Martin

I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitter or…

— Billy Magnussen

The more I grew as a human being, the better I became at my craft.

— R.A. Dickey

I love well-produced stuff. The craft and the art of production is something I really, really love.

— Jack Conte

Never forget that you are practicing a craft with certain principles.

— William Zinsser

Of course I'm concerned with my craft, but I'm first a businessman. What's wrong with that?

— Demond Wilson

You got to keep your hand in your craft, otherwise you can rot at the roots and first thing you know, you…

— Ernest Borgnine

To really have craft, you must be able to repeat something as one has to do in films.

— Martin Landau

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

— Wole Soyinka

The biggest thing is being a man of your own time, combining craft with the graft, creating your own opportunities.

— Joivan Wade

Denying the undeniable, to both others and myself has become my craft.

— Scarlet Koop

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

— Russell Simmons

I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.

— Rachel G. Fox