Quotes About Craft

For a professional magician, a stack of playing cards is as good as a stack of money.

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.

I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through history instantly.

Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

It takes a lot of money to make music and get it to people. It takes a lot of time to make a record sound good.

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.

Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.

I'm pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything.

I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor if I wasn't.

Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.

For man is by nature an artist.

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand.

When you are a writer the assist-to-turnover ratio...there are a lot more turnovers than assists. It's just the nature of the beast.

I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.

If the art is concealed, it succeeds.

Great fiction is the art of a soul.

If you wish to break with tradition, learn your craft well, and embrace adversity

When writing a book what is more important? Grammar and spelling or telling a great story? I know which I would choose.

Poetic license is not a license to scribe recklessly.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.