Quotes About Craftsmanship

A single James creation is worth the whole output of a 7th Avenue year's work.

In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.

Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.

The enjoyment of one's tools is an essential ingredient of successful work.

Make a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort.

Obsession and repetition in the process of making things is one constant element in my work.

I work between my heartbeat. I have one-and-a-half seconds to actually move. And at the same time I have to watch I don't inhale my own work.

First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.

What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.

The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour.

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

A novel is a piece of architecture. It's not random wallowings or confessional diaries. It's a building-it has to have walls and floors and the bathrooms have to work.

Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or in colleges.

Work hard and meticulously. When in trouble, look closely at a text that is a good example of what you're trying to do. And be patient.

Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.

The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.

I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.

The materials I use are absolutely essential to the work I make.

A hundred cabinet-makers in London can work a table or a chair equally well; but no one poet can write verses with such spirit and elegance as Mr. Pope.

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.