Quotes About Craftsmanship

We are God's productions, His compositions.

The hand of God creates; it does not conceal.

Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.

I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

Good design is thorough, down to the last detail.

There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

Design means being good, not just looking good.

A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection

The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.

I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

Good writing comes from good talent.

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

On a good day I write, all day.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

If what you want to do is make good art, decide whats good and try to imitate it.

Good ideas, like good pickles, are crisp, enduring, and devilishly hard to make.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.