Craft Quotes

641 Craft quotes by 534 unique authors

He decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at a much more comprehensive calling,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft. — Lachlan Murdoch
I have been privileged to grow up retaining the love of good journalism, the craft, while learning its business: the dollars and cents. I have… — Lachlan Murdoch
The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a sailboat: privacy and… — Chris Hadfield
The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent journalism. Far from corrupting the… — Lachlan Murdoch
Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and connection. — Starhawk
Out in the Pool certain other boats caught the eye... each carried a bright fire amidships, in a brazier, beside a man, two small barrels… — Unknown Author
Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness. — Unknown Author
The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who… — Daniel H. Pink
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware… — Ernest Nagel
In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies. — Martin Luther
Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native… — Jean de la Bruyere
The CRAFT approach, developed by Bob Meyers at U of New Mexico, is one set of important tools that DO work, and it feels great… — Jeff Foote
The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only… — Will Smith
If there is one thing clear about the centuries dominated by the factory and the wheel, it is that although the machine can make everything… — Henry Beston
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was… — Robin Williams
Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading. — Unknown Author
Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn. — Jacques Barzun
The craft of the novelist does lie first of all in story-telling. — Elizabeth Bowen
It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up. — Jacqueline Briskin
Practise, practise, practise writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing… — Jeffrey Carver
Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft. — Stephen King
Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Most people won't realise that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else. — Katherine Anne Porter
Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship to books and… — Madison Smartt Bell

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