"Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading." — Annie Proulx
"Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading."
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40 Quotes by Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx has 40 quotes on this site.
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Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations…
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather…
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But the only rhyme he could summon for 'out' was 'sauerkraut,' which lacked poetic glory. He let it go. The…
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Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
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If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to…
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In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.
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If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.
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I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.
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What we fear we often rage against.
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If a piece ofknotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken... then I believe a…
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I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short…
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Walking on the land or digging in the fine soil I am intensely aware that time quivers slightly, changes occurring…
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More Craftsmanship Quotes
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What's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if…
— Federico Fellini
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And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those…
— Paul Strand
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Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution;…
— John Ruskin
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I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is...The arrangements…
— Linda Ronstadt
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Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship though it can be, it's design.
— Joel Spolsky
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I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing…
— Issey Miyake
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... I like the clubs because ... we have two or three acoustic guitars up there and we're not hard-core…
— Toby Keith
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If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into…
— Douglas Sirk
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I don’t shout the loudest, and I’m quite shy, which was why I was reluctant to throw myself into the…
— Sarah Burton
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I haven't played a more beautiful sounding mouthpiece. The sound and response that I get from the JodyJazz DV NY…
— Unknown Author
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Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the…
— F. Sionil José
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Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only…
— Andre Gide
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