Quotes About Craftsmanship

I really enjoy working with luthiers, and have a couple of really old Les Pauls and one of my original Strats that I still carry on the road.

To me, being in fashion is about your work, not about facilitating a lifestyle.

I don't use the word 'artists' lightly.

Every song is a long process. First I have to write a story for it, and then to make it into a song, I have to make it short and then shorter - so it's not easy!

Learn how to make your own weaves. It will help you save a lot of money in the long run!

The only way to have longevity is to have good songs.

I have loved playing every character that I essayed.

Real luxury is customization.

Moog embodies a sound luxury like no other.

MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree.

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

I still love playing live, and I love doing records, but writing songs is my main thing.

There's a limit to what I can do with a makeup or with animatronics.

How different would this country be if few were engaged in making money and many in making things.

With any book, I try to find where the manner of the making of the book is appropriate to the matter of the subject.

Although no one loves a typo, it's close to impossible to eradicate every single little mistake in a manuscript.

It may not be the best marketing thing to do but I don't like talking about my film until I have finished it.

When you pick up a House of Marley product, it's not just about the music; it's also about how it's created.

Mallard, can you make nets? I made the best nets in Shelling, Duck said. Nothing will ever make Duck modest, but he does make good nets.

He was a regulator first-class, which was another term for metalworker unskilled.

It's a Cadillac all right." "The Rolls-Royce of automobiles," Ottum

Good designers worry a lot about the physical feel of their products. Physical touch and feel can make a huge difference in your appreciation of their creations. Consider the delights of smooth, polished metal, or soft leather, or a soil ...

Beautiful writing is more than pretty prose. It creates resonance in readers' minds with parallels, reversals, and symbols. It conjures a story world that is unique, highly detailed, and brought alive by the characters that dwell there. It offers moments of breath-catching surprise, heart-gripping insight, revelation, and self-understanding. It engages the reader's mind with an urgent point, which we might call theme.

All experienced writers know the key to great writing isn't in what they say; it's in what they don't say. The more we cut out, the better the screenplay or book.