Quotes About Craftsmanship

I am always polishing my sword. I am always perfecting my style." Ã¢â'¬â€œ Musashi Myamoto

The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.

Sassafras had never wanted to weave, she just couldn't help it. There was something about the feel of raw fleece and finished threads and dainty patterned pieces that was as essential to her as dancing to Carmen De Lavallade, or singing to Aretha Franklin. Her mama had done it, and her mama before that; and making cloth was the only tradition Sassafras inherited that gave her a sense of womanhood that was rich and sensuous, not tired and stingy.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter. As habit is more dependable than inspiration, continued learning is more dependable than talent.

There is no single recipe for making the perfect tea, as there are no rules for producing a Titian or a Sesson. Each preparation of the leaves has its individuality, its special affinity with water and heat, its own method of telling a story. The truly beautiful must always be in it. How much do we not suffer through the constant failure of society to recognise this simple and fundamental law of art and life;

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

A book should be made like a watch and sold like a sausage.

Therefore, kufu alludes to the earnest way each artisan applies himself to the art of his own choice.

Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality... that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.

The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.

The true craftsman has a light in his eye that Money can't buy Hal Stebbins I read this once when I was Writing a children's story; a time when inspiration had struck...At that time I knew just what he meant...It was so true. Shirley Briggs

a ship could be built entirely from foreign planks, but it must have its own form

psychoanalysis is more than a technique; it is an art, and highly specialized training in craftsmanship will

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Yuengling's

My mom is a sculptress.

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.