--- title: "Great Crafts Qoutes" description: "Browse 1,453 Crafts quotes by 1,158 authors. Discover the best Crafts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/dylan-thomas-1889_age_in-my-craft-or-sullen-art-exercised-in-t_2892181.jpg" --- > [In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-thomas/in-my-craft-or-sullen-art-exercised-in-the-still-night-when-only-the/) [Dylan Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/dylan-thomas-1889_age_in-my-craft-or-sullen-art-exercised-in-t_2892181.jpg) > [Because when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/because-when-you-keep-on-diminishing-art-and-not-respecting-the-craft/) [Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/kanye-west-242_albums_because-when-you-keep-on-diminishing-art_1225507.jpg) > [The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-health-of-a-nation-a-society-can-be-determined-by-the-art-it/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/edward-albee-1684_art_the-health-of-a-nation-a-society-can-be_1342393.jpg) > [What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caridad-svich/what-was-once-a-cottage-industry-dedicated-to-the-discovery-and/) [Caridad Svich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caridad-svich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/caridad-svich-81155_actor_what-was-once-a-cottage-industry-dedicat_2730655.jpg) > [I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/i-turn-sentences-around-that-s-my-life-i-write-a-sentence-and-then-i/) [Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/philip-roth-681_crafts_i-turn-sentences-around-that-s-my-life-i_1634770.jpg) > [Writing original songs is much, much harder (I think) because you only have yourself to conjure up EVERY single moment a listener…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-goot/writing-original-songs-is-much-much-harder-i-think-because-you-only/) [Alex Goot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-goot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/alex-goot-61017_be-good_writing-original-songs-is-much-much-hard_2226347.jpg) > [Surfers travelled and opened up and changed. It became more mainstream, less of a cult. And it diversified. On any given day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-winton/surfers-travelled-and-opened-up-and-changed-it-became-more-mainstream/) [Tim Winton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-winton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/tim-winton-3739_changed_surfers-travelled-and-opened-up-and-chan_882977.jpg) > [With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-feelings-especially-on-pop/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/david-byrne-1206_being-true_with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-fe_410965.jpg) > [There is a great need for a new approach, new methods and new tools in teaching, man's oldest and most reactionary craft.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/there-is-a-great-need-for-a-new-approach-new-methods-and-new-tools-in/) [Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/peter-drucker-393_approach_there-is-a-great-need-for-a-new-approach_2219699.png) > [In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/in-a-given-scene-i-may-know-nothing-more-than-how-it-s-supposed-to/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/richard-price-14327_brain_in-a-given-scene-i-may-know-nothing-more_3026287.jpg) > [I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-forde/i-remember-growing-up-getting-the-colorado-springs-sun-in-the-morning/) [Pat Forde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-forde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/pat-forde-60384_afternoon_i-remember-growing-up-getting-the-colora_2582757.jpg) > [No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/no-one-can-write-a-best-seller-by-trying-to-he-must-write-with/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/w-somerset-maugham-237_best-sellers_no-one-can-write-a-best-seller-by-trying_787817.jpg) > [Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/those-around-you-can-have-their-novellas-sweet-their-short-stories-of/) [Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/marisha-pessl-1802_born_those-around-you-can-have-their-novellas_1822598.jpg) ## Top authors on Crafts - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lheureux-51806.jpg) John L'Heureux 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/john-l-heureux/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-sharma-80451.jpg) Robin Sharma 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/robin-sharma/) - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-zinsser-96048.jpg) William Zinsser 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/william-zinsser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-twyla-tharp-92503.jpg) Twyla Tharp 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/twyla-tharp/) - [Leonard Michaels 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/leonard-michaels/) - [Flannery O'Connor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/flannery-o-connor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-m-forster-31094.jpg) E. 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That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I read the two sentences over and turn them both around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. 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It became more mainstream, less of a cult. And it diversified. On any given day in the water now I'll meet three generations of surfers, male and female, everyone sporting a different craft. I started surfing in the 60s and I can tell you it's infinitely more diverse. It might be more crowded but it's also more interesting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Winton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-winton/surfers-travelled-and-opened-up-and-changed-it-became-more-mainstream/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/tim-winton-3739_changed_surfers-travelled-and-opened-up-and-chan_882977.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/tim-winton-3739_changed_surfers-travelled-and-opened-up-and-chan_882977.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/tim-winton-3739_changed_surfers-travelled-and-opened-up-and-chan_882977.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Surfers travelled and opened up and changed. 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But it also doesn't mean that it's all just pure primitive emotion spilling out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Byrne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-feelings-especially-on-pop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/david-byrne-1206_being-true_with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-fe_410965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/david-byrne-1206_being-true_with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-fe_410965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/david-byrne-1206_being-true_with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-fe_410965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're…” — David Byrne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a great need for a new approach, new methods and new tools in teaching, man's oldest and most reactionary craft. There is great need for a rapid increase in the productivity of learning. There is, above all, great need for methods that will make the teacher effective and multiply his or her efforts and competence. Teaching is, in fact, the only traditional craft in which we have not yet fashioned the tools that make an ordinary person capable of superior performance. 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Scenes are improvised. A character does or says something, and with as much spontaneity and schizophrenia as I can muster, another character responds. In this way, everything I write is spontaneous chain reaction and I'm running around playing leapfrog in my brain trying to \"be\" all my people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Price" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/in-a-given-scene-i-may-know-nothing-more-than-how-it-s-supposed-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/richard-price-14327_brain_in-a-given-scene-i-may-know-nothing-more_3026287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/richard-price-14327_brain_in-a-given-scene-i-may-know-nothing-more_3026287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/richard-price-14327_brain_in-a-given-scene-i-may-know-nothing-more_3026287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that…” — Richard Price", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad just inhaling both of them, and me waiting to get the sports page from him. I fell in love with the craft. 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