Quotes About Craftsmanship

The details are not the details. They make the design.

I appreciate good tailoring as much as good details of construction.

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.

Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying.

No matter what kind of writing you do, it's always the details that make the story.

As a craftsman, I bust my butt as much for 'Blade 2' as I do for 'Devil's Backbone.'

I'm a big believer in writing really good dialogue.

You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.

I think anytime you see something that's been brought to life by an artist's hands, it just has a different kind of quality.

At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.

After all the work I've done, I feel like I'm something of an emotion-smith. We have to tap into places on a daily basis that usually people only go in a rare occasion.

Customized jewelry is one of my targets with Bold Machines.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it.

It is an extremely difficult task to make an entertaining movie, which is completely aesthetic and you can watch again and again.

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

I do everything. Of course, I have 50 people who work for me to do the drudgery of mold making and all the foundry. This is an enormous task. But every stroke in these sculptures is from my hands.

We have received a heritage of craftsmanship, of aesthetics, of taste, of identity. Our brands have the beauty to preserve and perpetuate it.

I think things that are really, really not good are easy to see. But films that are decent can either be made good or great based on the execution. At the end of the day, it's always a crapshoot about the execution, the level of taste, in any department.

A well-crafted cocktail isn't complete without the right garnish. This final flourish - often citrus or fresh herbs - enhances the drink's taste, smell, and look.

If you come to The Kitchen and get a pork chop with polenta, which is our kind of food - simple - there is only one way it should taste at The Kitchen.

I had this beer brewed just for me. I think its the best I ever tasted. And I've tasted a lot. I think you'll like it too.

Buy the best you can find or afford and don't over manipulate it. If I cook a scallop, the best praise you can give me is that it tastes like a scallop.

Editing cannot be taught. Developing your own taste cannot be taught.