Craft Quotes

641 Craft quotes by 534 unique authors

Typographic style is founded not on any one technology of typesetting or printing, but on the primitive yet subtle craft of writing. — Robert Bringhurst
Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form, and thus with an independent existence. Its heartwood is calligraphy - the… — Robert Bringhurst
Trade book publishing is by nature a cottage industry, decentralized, improvisational, personal; best performed by small groups of like-minded people, devoted to their craft, jealous… — Jason Epstein
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… — Patrick Stump
Strategy is the craft of the warrior. — Miyamoto Musashi
In the practice of any craft, we are less concerned with the quantity of the product than with its quality, and less concerned with the… — Lanza del Vasto
Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with… — Eugen Herrigel
It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a kill… — Philip Caputo
The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labour, the love, and every aid that his… — Gertrude Jekyll
We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfiction—that is, factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling,… — Lee Gutkind
In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism. — Tina Brown
The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience… — Andrew Sullivan
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and… — Lusia Strus
I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high. — Frank B. Kellogg
The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices. Essentially, the "magic… — Bruce Miller
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story… — David Ives
The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond… — Ben Harper
So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor… — Paul Lockhart
Art is craft, not inspiration. — Stephen Sondheim
There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft — Cass Sunstein
But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to… — Duncan Sheik
My writing isn’t a career or a craft or a hobby or anything like that. It is more like a tiny annex to my life,… — Gary Lutz
Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading. — Jane McGonigal
In White Summer, Joelle Biele exhibits a Roethke-like affinity with nature and natures creatures. At times a miniaturist, Biele constructs exquisite addresses to a heron,… — Unknown Author

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