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title: "Famous Crafts Wisdom"
description: "Browse 1,453 Crafts quotes by 1,158 authors. Discover the best Crafts sayings and thoughts."
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> [Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/craft-gets-a-bad-rap-mediocre-art-is-not-caused-by-craft-it-is-caused/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

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> [Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-hall/mere-literary-talent-is-common-what-is-rare-is-endurance-the/)

[Donald Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-hall/)

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> [Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/writing-at-least-a-craft-and-at-its-best-an-art-aspiring-to-the/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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> [The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-lubbock/the-art-of-fiction-does-not-begin-until-the-novelist-thinks-of-his/)

[Percy Lubbock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-lubbock/)

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> [How does one craft happiness out of something as important, as complicated, as unrepeatable and as easily damaged as life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-hartnett/how-does-one-craft-happiness-out-of-something-as-important-as/)

[Sonya Hartnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-hartnett/)

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> [Stay humble to the craft and never forget how much it actually takes to be the main character of a documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-nielsen-horanyi/stay-humble-to-the-craft-and-never-forget-how-much-it-actually-takes/)

[Nicole Nielsen Horanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-nielsen-horanyi/)

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> [Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/part-of-what-i-do-is-a-craft-but-part-of-what-i-do-is-a-science-and-i/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

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> [Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/skill-in-writing-frees-you-to-write-what-you-want-to-write-it-may/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/imaginative-writing-has-always-been-a-solitary-and-indeed-a-somewhat/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

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> [I just know that sameness, repetition, and conceptualizing are the acting craft's adversaries, and it seems more intelligent to start off within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-just-know-that-sameness-repetition-and-conceptualizing-are-the/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

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> [The fact that I still find so much beauty in a handicraft is because my mother taught us to see not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-fact-that-i-still-find-so-much-beauty-in-a-handicraft-is-because/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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> [Lizzie Harris's debut collection, Stop Wanting, crafts images and lines of such arresting splendor that I am very often driven to joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-k-smith/lizzie-harris-s-debut-collection-stop-wanting-crafts-images-and-lines/)

[Tracy K. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-k-smith/)

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> [For me, the good songs are the ones that come really naturally. There are certain songs that you rework and rewrite and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-foreman/for-me-the-good-songs-are-the-ones-that-come-really-naturally-there/)

[Jon Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-foreman/)

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> [I think it's always good to learn a craft from scratch the real way, so that you've learned it from the basis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-campbell/i-think-it-s-always-good-to-learn-a-craft-from-scratch-the-real-way/)

[Naomi Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-campbell/)

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> [There is no single approach that actors take to their craft. And the best thing you learn is that you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/there-is-no-single-approach-that-actors-take-to-their-craft-and-the/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

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> [We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-deitch/we-re-in-a-post-conceptual-era-where-it-s-really-the-artist-s-idea/)

[Jeffrey Deitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-deitch/)

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> [To me, art is the capacity to experience one's innocence: craft is how you get to that point. Maturity in a musician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/to-me-art-is-the-capacity-to-experience-one-s-innocence-craft-is-how/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

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> [Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-golightly/pretty-much-at-the-age-of-16-i-realized-acting-wasn-t-going-to-be-the/)

[Holly Golightly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-golightly/)

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> [Colour, as the strange and magnificent expression of the inscrutable spectrum of Eternity, is beautiful and important to me as a painter;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-beckmann/colour-as-the-strange-and-magnificent-expression-of-the-inscrutable/)

[Max Beckmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-beckmann/)

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> [There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brokaw/there-has-never-been-a-military-operation-remotely-approaching-the/)

[Tom Brokaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brokaw/)

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> [Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-henry-hwang/yes-i-am-one-of-those-people-who-feels-that-most-of-my-work-is/)

[David Henry Hwang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-henry-hwang/)

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> [I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-dillon/i-just-really-enjoying-creating-in-general-i-used-to-also-write/)

[Julie Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-dillon/)

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> [Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-stump/advice-focus-on-the-craft-study-the-greats-try-and-understand-how-and-2/)

[Patrick Stump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-stump/)

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> [I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-wasserstein/i-very-much-write-from-characters-those-people-start-speaking-and/)

[Wendy Wasserstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-wasserstein/)

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> [Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/being-a-writer-is-a-rather-hazardous-occupation-and-there-is-a/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

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> [I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-cannot-start-a-story-or-chapter-without-knowing-how-it-ends-of/)

[Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/)

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> [Do everything you can to learn your craft. Score student films for free, attend conferences, learn music theory - do anything and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keltonic/do-everything-you-can-to-learn-your-craft-score-student-films-for/)

[John Keltonic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keltonic/)

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> [I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-carpenter/i-love-that-there-s-a-beginning-middle-and-end-to-a-film-and-you-can/)

[Jennifer Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-carpenter/)

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> [The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-object-of-the-novelist-is-to-keep-the-reader-entirely-oblivious/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

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> [We may not know who is craft beer but we sure as hell will know what is craft beer by who isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arnett-mcleod/we-may-not-know-who-is-craft-beer-but-we-sure-as-hell-will-know-what/)

[Alan Arnett McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arnett-mcleod/)

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> [To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/to-grow-in-craft-is-to-increase-the-bredth-of-what-i-can-do-but-art/)

[Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/)

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> ['Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-kawasaki/branding-has-taken-on-too-much-of-a-role-as-a-specialized-craft/)

[Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-kawasaki/)

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> [Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/art-stands-on-the-shoulders-of-craft-which-means-that-to-get-to-the/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [When Fashion hath once Established, what Folly or craft began, Custom makes it Sacred, and 'twill be thought impudence or madness, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/when-fashion-hath-once-established-what-folly-or-craft-began-custom/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [The Crafts which require the most Time intraining or most Ingenuityand Industry must necessarily be the best paid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cantillon/the-crafts-which-require-the-most-time-intraining-or-most/)

[Richard Cantillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cantillon/)

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> [I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-have-written-a-great-many-stories-and-i-still-don-t-know-how-to-go/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [Your greatest asset is your learning ability. The ordinary stroke their egos - the exceptional polishes their craft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sharma/your-greatest-asset-is-your-learning-ability-the-ordinary-stroke/)

[Robin Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sharma/)

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> [Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roethke/any-fool-can-take-a-bad-line-out-of-a-poem-it-takes-a-real-pro-to/)

[Theodore Roethke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roethke/)

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> [Street performers, homemade crafts, keep your wallet in your front pocket and don't buy any crap!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camryn-manheim/street-performers-homemade-crafts-keep-your-wallet-in-your-front/)

[Camryn Manheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camryn-manheim/)

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> [I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-ve-said-before-that-every-craftsman-searches-for-what-s-not-there/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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                        "text": "Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative control. But I loved the craft and my father wanted me to get a college degree. Seemed natural to study what I loved and Marymount Manhattan has a wonderful theatre program, I highly recommend it! A lot of what I learned there I apply to my comicbook writing and pacing.",
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                        "text": "Colour, as the strange and magnificent expression of the inscrutable spectrum of Eternity, is beautiful and important to me as a painter; I use it to enrich the canvas and to probe more deeply into the object. Colour also decided, to a certain extent, my spiritual outlook, but it is subordinated to life, and above all, to the treatment of form. Too much emphasis on colour at the expense of form and space would make a double manifestation of itself on the canvas, and this would verge on craft work.",
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                        "text": "There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]",
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                        "text": "Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For me, it's a way to jump-start the engine. For example, some people use the technique of basing a character on a friend. They start writing with his or her voice, then at a certain point, the character takes off on his or her own. It probably no longer resembles the model, but it helped the author to get going. I find that's true of form, too. For every play I've written, I know what play I was trying to imitate. That helps me get going.",
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                        "text": "I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration ended up being the creative outlet that I focused on for my career. I feel like illustration gives me the flexibility to tackle more abstract or loose ideas, as well as just enjoy the process of putting time into developing a skill.",
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                        "text": "Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...just as an exercise. See if you can do similar things. Learn how to write a song like so and so. Then, when you've done that, write a song like yourself. Learn to color within the lines before going outside them.",
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                        "text": "I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I live with them. Then at some point, it's time to get them out of the house. You can only live with someone like Dr. Georgeous Teitelbaum from THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG for so long, and then it's time for her to go. But it is very like having the company of these people and trying to craft them in some way into a story.",
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                        "text": "Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money for the paper and pen they use for their craft.",
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                        "text": "Do everything you can to learn your craft. Score student films for free, attend conferences, learn music theory - do anything and everything you can.",
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                        "text": "I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going to look like.",
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                        "text": "The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book.",
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                        "text": "We may not know who is craft beer but we sure as hell will know what is craft beer by who isn't.",
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                        "text": "To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.",
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