Quotes About Craftsmanship

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.

I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes.

I love seeing people's reactions to gifts that I've created from my line, such as my gold horn ring, bottle openers, my 'Fallen' leather jacket and my Slither black and white sweater.

Write for the love of writing and you can't go wrong.

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

Het juiste woord, de precisie van de formulering, (...) verschaft de schrijver die 'heimelijke zorgeloosheid', het geluksgevoel. Citaat uit 'De vreugde van het formuleren

Wahrhaftig, in solchen Zeiten wie diesen sind die Gärtner die einzigen, die echten Künstler.

un periodista eficaz —digamos Umbral— no alcanza la perfección de su arte con sólo ser informativo, concienzudo, verdadero, riguroso: tiene que tener además un estilo inconfundible.

In a way the philosopher and the barber are of the same guild; the barber cuts hair and the philosopher splits hairs.

A diferencia del poeta moderno, no vive aquejado por el ansia de originalidad. Sabe que su canto no es suyo sólo. La conciencia étnica, forjadora del mito, ha cumplido antes que él naciera, el trabajo principal; ha creado los objetos bellos. Su papel queda reducido a la escrupulosidad de un artífice.

This kind of art school is for me the least important. A spiritual structure is needed. If a person is an artist he can use the most primitive of instruments:- a broken knife is enough. Otherwise it remains a craft school.

Instrumental keys [on organs], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists.

it takes almost a lifetime to learn how to do a thing simply.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

People love to design and create things, whether clothing, creatures, buildings, cities, or planets. They also love to customize a basic template of some kind to reflect their own choices.

Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.