Baskets Quote by Octavio Paz

“For the first time, we recognized a medium that takes our ordinary, everyday objects like bowls, baskets, and quilts and elevates them to art…

— Jimmy Carter

The Handmaiden of the Sciences.

— Eric Temple Bell

Handmade things tend to be so expensive that only a small part of the population can afford them. And yet making things with hands…

— Jessica Stockholder

I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or…

— Grayson Perry

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, hand-production methods were abundant. Craft defined everything. The craftsman had an almost phenomenological knowledge of materials and intuited how…

— Neri Oxman

The hand that gives, gathers.

— Eugene Sue

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you’re…

— Gary Keller

“All living things have the ability to flourish when they are tended with gentle hands.”

— Erin Forbes

Sculpture and seams are like boxers and broken noses: They go hand in hand.

— Charles Ray

The human hand is made complete by the addition of a baseball.

— Paul Dickson

“Here's a nice image for a life in balance,” she said. “You're juggling these four balls that you've named work, family, friends, spirit. Now,…

— James Patterson

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

— Willa Cather