Quotes About Craftsmanship

programming is a job where Lovecraft meets tradecraft, all the time.

For programming is a job where Lovecraft meets tradecraft, all the time.

butcher, baker, fusion-reactor maker.

Scandinavians generally possess an intimate understanding of nature and because of this have a heightened appreciation of the intrinsic qualities of raw materials (especially local ones). The long and rich traditions of craftmanship and folk art that have existed in all five countries demonstrate not only the Scandinavian peoples' empathy for materials, but also their desire to infuse everyday objects with a natural, unpretentious beauty.

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.

A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.

Sometimes, you know how good certain people are and then you actually get to see them have the kind of matches you know they can have in front of an audience that isn't used to seeing that. Then, in a few minutes the audience is on the edge of their seats, just through the sheer craftsmanship of their abilities.

I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.

I entreat all artisans faithfully to follow their craft and take delight in it. I entreat all servants to be faithful servants of their masters and mistresses.

Ever since I was a little girl, I loved to make things. I always made dresses for my Barbie dolls. When I was 13, I designed my Bat Mitzvah dress.

I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.

Every record I've made, I've mixed and engineered at home.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

There's a depth to the look that you get with models that you just can't get with CGI. It's about the detail that you just wouldn't think to put in.

I think as someone who collects beautiful things from the past, the thing that I miss the most about modernism and the things I lament about the past are everyday things that you would use were made more beautifully.

If I think something's funny, I try to mold it into a joke as soon as possible. Once I have a joke, I say it a million different ways on stage until I find a rhythm and it feels like it's as good as it can be.

I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.

My mom and grandma have made clothes their whole life. My grandma had her own factory.

I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings.

In the past, I have approximated the look of monkey fur and yak hair with human hair because it's inexpensive, and it lasts a long time.

It's my job to write the best book I can each month and hand my scripts in. Everything else is beyond my control.

I enjoy creating lamps because lighting really changes my mood.

That's what I care about most. That more people are making and more people feel like they are creative.