Craftsmanship Quote by Johannes Brahms Download Open image “Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.” — Johannes Brahms ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Craftsmanship Inspiration Inspirational Mere Wind
That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense; there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship. — William Morris Copy Share Image
Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing. — John Braine Copy Share Image
Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Inspiration is a slender river of brightness leaping from a vast and Eternal Knowledge, it exceeds reason more perfectly than reason exceeds the knowledge… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us. — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Inspiration is not the imagination that can be made, but it came with a sudden. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen. — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings? — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
In my study I can lay my hand on the Bible in the pitch dark. All truly inspired ideas come from God. The powers… — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the important thing… — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer. — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload… — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon. — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they… — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table. — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
“The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers or porno or the cheaper sort of sci-fi - though it is true that what holds for the most serious kind of fiction will generally hold for junk fiction as well. (Not everyone is capable of writing junk fiction: It… — John Gardner Copy Share
“A kilt swings with the wind and stands firm in spirit—Scottish soul in every fold.” — Haider Ali Bajwa Copy Share Image
I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews. It's hard to know what to expect of the man if you've only seen his films.… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“A small compromise leads to another small compromise, and finally we wind up doing something that we do not really love. It's a sneaky… — James Krenov Copy Share Image
What's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“What if the link or key to healing was through finding your unique personal creative outlet?” — Michelle Dennis Evans Copy Share Image
Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
My uncles represented a strength and a power I think that to a certain degree I looked up to. But from another perspective, I had really no artist role models to fall under. No guidance in terms of intellect. In terms of not having to relate to a physical persona to get through. I wanted to relate, combine the physical… — Willie Herron Copy Share
