Quotes About Artisan

Blade He makes the weapons, I use them.

Taking pains, working hard, not flaunting his or her chops so much as relying on them, the pop artisan teeters on a fine fulcrum between the stern, sell-the-product morality of the workhorse and the artist's urge to discover a pattern in, or derive a meaning from, the random facts of the world.

I see myself as the literary equivalent of a skilled lathe-operator, or a basket-weaver; a potter, maybe: I make mildly diverting objects that people want to buy.

Among skilled craftsmen—a category that included John Shakespeare—some 60 percent could read, a clearly respectable proportion.

I think I'd be quite good at Builder, like designer, construction... I've always liked making things. I'm quite good with my hands. So I think I'd be quite good at designing new inventions.

My family has been in the business of manufacturing exclusive handcrafted jewelry for many years.

I had some prejudices and preconceptions about American culture and trash culture, but the artisan food there is not all hot dog stands.

Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

I love furniture. And I thought, why are we not seeing who's making the cool new coffee table and these new designs that come out?

If I'm a great artisan of the kitchen, it's because I don't buy my sauces.

The programmer seemed to be a throwback to an earlier age of handicrafts, when each maker put a distinctive stamp on what were functionally the same products. Well rewarded, the programmer's work was judged harshly.

With a father who is a fabulous craftsman, I was raised with the fundamental belief that it is only when you personally work with a material with your hands, that you come to understand its true nature, its characteristics, its attributes, and I think - very importantly - its potential.

The handful of leading craftsmen turning out pianos during that time produced only around thirty to fifty of them per annum. But by 1798, piano maker James Shudi Broadwood could barely keep up with demand, writing to a wholesaler, "Would to God we could make them like muffins!

I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

Nothing is) really as good as a meal made 'from scratch' or a picture created with your own hands.

In our mass-produced world, we don't take enough care of the arts and crafts.

As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

Traditionally, those that work in fashion have always had the point of view that items made by hand have their own aura and are something special.

Artisans, say, taxi drivers, prostitutes (a very, very old profession), carpenters, plumbers, tailors, and dentists, have some volatility in their income but they are rather robust to a minor professional Black Swan, one that would bring their income to a complete halt. Their risks are visible. Not so with employees, who have no volatility, but can be surprised to see their income going to zero after a phone call from the personnel department. Employees' risks are hidden.

Have you noticed that while corporations sell you junk drinks, artisans sell you cheese and wine?

So he proposed "small batch," a term most often applied to bourbon. In the spirits world, this implies handcrafted care. But it can broadly refer to businesses focused more on the quality of their products than on the size of the market.

Dans les ateliers de réparation provisoires, les hommes tapaient du marteau, actionnaient les soufflets et forgeaient le fer pour les roues des verdines.

I make unbelievable pizza.

Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.