Art Quote by Roman Polanski Download Open image “I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist.” — Roman Polanski ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Craftsman
The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
When art is about craftsmanship, then guys like me don't make it as artists. — David Berman Copy Share Image
“Art is its own thing, and so is craft — and creativity is common to both, in the same way as its absence. Without… — Ivan Goncharov Copy Share Image
There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and… — Rene Auberjonois Copy Share Image
Proficiency in a craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies the prime source of creative imagination. Let us then create a new guild… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs. — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
It's easy to direct while acting; there's one less person to argue with. — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
With each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don't get bored! I like to tackle challenges. — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
It's very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have a play… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
