Art Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I never wanted to be a businessman; I was a craftsman and good at working with my hands. At some point, I decided that…

— Yvon Chouinard

In the business of portrait photography, one must combine the artist and the craftsman.

— Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr

Architects, sculptors painters, we all must return to the crafts! For art is not a 'profession.' There is no essential difference between the artist…

— Walter Gropius

That's the difference between the serious artist and the craftsman--the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of…

— Truman Capote

I am not an artist. I am a craftsman.

— Fritz Lang

It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“craftsman mindset is the foundation for creating work you love.”

— Cal Newport

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.

— Hesiod

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…

— Margaret Thatcher

“If I demand to be both the craftsman and the tool, I will be neither.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated…

— Peter Zumthor

The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you…

— H. L. Mencken

If theory is the role of the architect, then such beautiful proofs are the role of the craftsman. Of course, as with the great…

— Michael Atiyah

“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— ex nihilo sui…

— Pope John Paul II

My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you…

— Jonathan Ive