Quotes About Craftsmanship

With both acting and ballet, often you can't just choose when you do it, whereas a painter can go at his own pace.

I try to shoot film wherever possible. There's nothing like it.

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.

Other musicians are basically personalities who want to make a name for themselves. All I do is sing old songs in the best way I can. What else is there to know? If you were a blacksmith, what would people need to know about you other than whether you can make a good horseshoe?

I like doing stuff like, for instance, in the 'Leave the Night On' video, I had on a plain white T-shirt. I just wanted to do something to it to make it a little different, so I just cut a big strip out of the side, from the shirttail up to my armpit, and cut a big red strip out of another T-shirt and just sewed it in there.

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

I get very competitive with myself and always look to better myself from my previous projects. I have learned that it's important to work on the craft than the project.

I don't design down to a price.

The pret-a-porter collection will be the same as couture in essence: I love luxury, beautiful products, handmade with care, but at more accessible prices.

I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard.

My game is kind of built around hitting shots - that's what I take pride in, and it's what separates myself from other guys.

I take a lot of pride in my photography.

My primary goal was to make a movie with the best of my ability. It was not that I have to make the film, I have to write it, I have to produce it and I have to direct it.

I believe that, in any novel of mine, the principal objective is the construction of the whole.

I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed so it's not perfectly finished. I invent new ways to do it, but the end goal is always the same.

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.

If you take away print and embroidery, you have to challenge yourself a bit more on the cut.

I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.

I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations.

I used to do calligraphy, and I'm afraid that has lapsed, but I've always been interested in book printing.

I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

I was a very, very careful printer when I used 8-by-10 film. I probably spent more time on printing than anything else. The more the prints were appreciated, the more time I spent on them.

My priority will always be my performance more than anything associated with a film. I always look forward to give my best to the character I play on screen.