Quotes About Craftsmanship

The artist in me cries out for design.

It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has.

He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks....

Somé parecia ter sido empalhado em ébano macio por um mestre que se entendiou da própria maestria e começou a tender ao grotesco.

Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

Some one has defined a work of art as a "thing beautifully done." I like it better if we cut away the adverb and preserve the word "done," and let it stand alone in its fullest meaning. Things are not done beautifully. The beauty is an integral part of their being done.

THE TECHNIQUE of a little individuality will be a little technique, however scrupulously elaborated it may be.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

Trusty, dusky, vivid, true,With eyes of gold and bramble dew,Steel-true and blade-straightThe great artificerMade my mate.

If a man love the labour of any trade apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

a feat which is not unlike tryin' to hold a large beach ball under water while doin' needlepoint

We do not want to destroy unnecessarily what men spent so much time and care and skill in making… [for] these examples of craftsmanship tell us so much about our ancestors.…

We shape the telling to fit the substance, rework the substance to support the design.

Within the first pages of a screenplay a reader can judge the relative skill of the writer simply by noting how he handles exposition.

Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius." —Michelangelo

Developing high awareness around the things that we do and having a painstaking approach to making our work perfect. Refining the details. Sweating the little points. Producing with precision rather than being unprofessional and careless. Underpromising and overdelivering. Taking immense pride in our craft. Going deep and embracing—to use your words—granularity versus superficiality.

If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius.

Be a virtuoso. A standout. An exceptionalist. The Top 5% are a lot less concerned with fame, cash and approval and a lot more invested in punching above their weight class within their craft, playing above their pay grade around their talents and creating the kind of productivity that inspires—and serves—millions. That's often why they make millions. So never mail it in. Always bring it on.

If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.

For Medieval craftsmen, work was an act of piety and was sanctified in their own eyes as in the eyes of their God. For such labourers, end and means are one and he spiritual wholeness of faith is translated into the visual wholeness and purify of their craft. hence their craft was also art, a permanent testimony to the reality on earth of humanity's spiritual redemption.

Our word 'poetry' comes from Greek poi?sis, the skill of making things;

You drew me, in exquisite detail, on several packs of playing cards.