"Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work……" — Madeleine L'Engle

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• When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other… — Jean de la Bruyere
• Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols. — John Calvin
• 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… — Kathy Whitworth
• For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image… — Clement of Alexandria
• The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts… — Fritz Haber
• Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is… — Margaret Thatcher
• The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but… — H. L. Mencken
• A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist;… — Wystan Hugh Auden
• The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers. — Man Ray
• The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft!… — Walter Gropius
• If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would… — Edward Abbey
• There are no bigger donkeys than these workers.... Look at our 'craftsmen'; Sad that world history should be be made… — Karl Marx

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