Craftsman Quote by Thomas Steinbeck Download Open image “My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.” — Thomas Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Craftsman Father Himself Parenting Thought
Dad was a machinist who had to work hard - harder than any man I have ever known. — Jacques Plante Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My father was a taxidermist, not a run-of-the-mill profession for a West Indian immigrant. Having given up on becoming a vet, he settled for… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I thought my dad was out of work, because my friends had fathers with briefcases who'd go off somewhere with bow ties on. But… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had read other… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I would hardly say that I have a rich knowledge of anything in particular, but I do seem to be burdened with an unseemly… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“If I demand to be both the craftsman and the tool, I will be neither.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You can't find a YouTube clip to become a craftsman, friend, parent - or disciple of Christ. It's all of grace. And to grow… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
The artist had captured a moment that went on suggesting other moments in the mind of the beholder. This, Timmon told me, was what… — Jim Grimsley Copy Share Image
I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer. — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“But still he keeps working with a will; that's the craftsman in him.” — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image