Crafts Quotes
929 Crafts quotes by 710 unique authors
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The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I would venture to affirm that a man cannot attain excellence if he satisfy the ignorant and not those of his own craft, and if…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked--and laughed. It seemed so…
— George Washington
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I cannot overstate how much a generous spirit contributes to good luck. Look at the luckiest people around you, the ones you envy, the ones…
— Twyla Tharp
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Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary.…
— Twyla Tharp
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With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of something besides technique.
— Paul Gauguin
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My aim is not to exhibit craft, but rather to submerge it, and make it rightfully the handmaiden of beauty, power and emotional content.
— Andrew Wyeth
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If the professional schools should succeed in producing skilled workers trained in the technique of their craft, nothing could be done with them if they…
— Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, Existence is simply illusion.
— Fred Rogers
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The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda.
— Roger Scruton
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The craft of questions, the craft of stories, the craft of the hands - all these are the making of something, and that something is…
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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There comes a point when the paint doesn't feel like paint. I don't know why. Some mysterious thing happens. I think you have all experienced…
— Philip Guston
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Everywhere there is craft and technique; everywhere there is artistry and form. Art itself, technique, is ponderous and clumsy, and because of its awkwardness it…
— Kazimir Malevich
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Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money for the paper…
— Herbert Gold
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Practice ur craft and make it the best it can possibly be-Justin Timberlake
— Justin Timberlake
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The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success, even in…
— David Brooks
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The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a…
— Eric Maisel
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Isn't today a day to devote to craft? Isn't tomorrow? Isn't every day, routinely, until the end of time?
— Eric Maisel
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Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.
— Leonard Bishop
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Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
— Walter Darby Bannard
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It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
— Walter Darby Bannard
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. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of…
— Orson Welles
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I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and…
— Olivier Theyskens
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Harriet Levin [is] a shining poet in her generation.... The dynamics of her language and her vigorous voice distinguish all her poems. Levin's fearless willingness…
— Molly Peacock
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When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because…
— Adam Braun
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