Craftsman Quotes
96 quotes by 90 authors
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When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
— John Calvin
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There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not the putter.
— Kathy Whitworth
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For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an…
— Clement of Alexandria
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The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts the centuries. But they are…
— Fritz Haber
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Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth…
— Margaret Thatcher
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The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you imagine…
— H. L. Mencken
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A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
— Man Ray
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The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft! ... The artist is a…
— Walter Gropius
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If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate…
— Edward Abbey
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There are no bigger donkeys than these workers.... Look at our 'craftsmen'; Sad that world history should be be made with such people.
— Karl Marx
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An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience.
— Mo Willems
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American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of…
— Sydney J. Harris
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For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one.
— William McElcheran
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If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what…
— Jeffery Deaver
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Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.
— Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.
— Richard Sennett
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My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can…
— Jonathan Ive
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One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral…
— Antoine Lavoisier
Who Wrote These Craftsman Quotes
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