Craft Quotes

641 Craft quotes by 534 unique authors

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind. — Arthur Erickson
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. — Arthur Erickson
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. — Ernest Hemingway
Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. — David Hockney
I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft. — Philip Seymour Hoffman
The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of. — John Irving
I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft. — LL Cool J
Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge… — Hugh Jackman
I've learned a lot about doing accessories and making shoes and handbags. I don't think my perspective has really changed. The subtlety of understanding yarns,… — Marc Jacobs
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. — Elton John
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility. — Paul Keating
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies. — Ben Kingsley
The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the… — Talib Kweli
A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft. — Patti LaBelle
My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want… — James Lafferty
I don't want to live in a bubble, in my craft or in the world...I can't, I would be cheating myself out of my generation… — Diane Lane
I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter… — Denis Leary
It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting. — James Lipton
When I'm at craft services, I make the best-tasting,10-layer meat and cheese sandwich with no bread. — Kellan Lutz
Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services! — Anthony Mackie
Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. — Hilary Mantel
Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. — Steve Martin
I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard… — V.S. Naipaul

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