Crafts Quotes

929 Crafts quotes by 710 unique authors

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. — Ann Patchett
The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and… — Hank Azaria
Watch a French housewife as she makes her way slowly along the loaded stalls... searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor... What you are… — Keith Floyd
Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod through… — Barbara Tuchman
A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. — Tristan Jones
To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage… — Pat Schneider
Design is in everything we make, but it's also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy. — Erik Adigard
You have to know the human heart. — Thom Jones
Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost - a family,… — Bill Buford
The big secret is the ability to stay in the room. — Ron Carlson
Sentiment and nostalgia are fatal for fiction. One must go into the territory of the imagination with sure feet, hot fainting with glorious misery. — Lynn Freed
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul. — Socrates
We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does envy have such… — Bonnie Friedman
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities.… — John L'Heureux
Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters. — John L'Heureux
You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of the… — John L'Heureux
There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now." — John L'Heureux
Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story. — John L'Heureux
Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol. — John L'Heureux
Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space. — John L'Heureux
When authoritative reports of radical-design craft having spectacular performance are viewed in the light of a stream of astrobiological discoveries, the possibility that some UFOs… — Don Berliner
Patterns of these UFOs appearance and behavior suggest a limited range of sizes and shapes of unidentified craft, despite the often-desperate efforts on the part… — Don Berliner
If even one of these unidentified UFOs turns out to be an alien craft, the impact on all aspects of our nation's culture-economic, political, personal-will… — Don Berliner
The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice,… — Bret Anthony Johnston
I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress.… — Chloe Grace Moretz

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