Best Craftsman Quotes

96 Craftsman quotes by 88 unique authors

It is the old experience that a rude instrument in the hand of a master craftsman will achieve more than the finest tool wielded by… — Karl Pearson
One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t, not a w-r-i-t-e;… — Simon McBurney
Gordon Nelson is not only my friend, he's my mentor. He is a master craftsman with unique experience, and an approach to creativity that we… — Unknown Author
The reverence that the object maker has for the materials, for the shape, and for the miracle of his skill transcends to God, the Master… — Sam Maloof
I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman,… — Hayao Miyazaki
I’m so thrilled to manufacture in LA and to support the finely skilled craftsmen and women. Making it in America ensures that the fashion industry… — Nanette Lepore
First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard. — Beatrice Wood
An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not, a craftsman,… — Alec Guinness
I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft. — Rumi
We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And… — Barbara Jordan
Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an… — Laurence Olivier
We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. — Wendell Berry
The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets. — Plato
A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. — Wystan Hugh Auden
No one seeing a beautifully elaborated lyre with its harmonious, orderly arrangement, and hearing the lyre's music will fail to form a notion of its… — Gregory of Nazianzus
But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so great a work, to love… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
One is always seeking the touchstone that will dissolve one's deficiencies as a person and as a craftsman. And one is always bumping up against… — Paul Gallico
As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that… — Robert Sheckley
If theory is the role of the architect, then such beautiful proofs are the role of the craftsman. Of course, as with the great renaissance… — Michael Atiyah
Where you find quality, you will find a craftsman, not a quality-control expert. — Robert Breault
The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. — Hesiod
Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks… — Criss Jami
Who are the happiest people on earth? A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sand castles. A mother,… — Elbert Hubbard
When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In doing something I… — Roger Ebert

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