Quotes About Detail

The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art.

Edits are very important to me - they're the way in which I work on everything.

People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that.

Elaboration is not beauty, and sand-paper never finished a piece of bad work.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

It's fine, precise, detailed work, the infinitely small motor management of diamond cutters and safecrackers that we do in our heads.

A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious.

Fill your pages with details. Work hard to get the right word.

So if you want a culture where people work hard, & pay attention to detail, focus on the customer, are frugal: you have to do it yourself.

I tell people to have a relationship with their work every day, even if it means you just move a comma.

The boring side of business is what makes it work.

I got a few things, because I think the props are so beautiful as much as anything else. The detail of the work is something that one has no idea of.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work.

Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

An artist's initial broad stroke is always most impactful, and obsessively adding layer upon layer of paint to fill in details often diminishes the painting's aura. When an aura is lost, it is impossible to get back.

I have the idea that when you put yourself through hard, detailed training, and you put a lot of attention into all the little details - the analysis of the opposition, the movement and understanding of the game, the way your opponent plays - then you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

The building's identity resided in the ornament.

We are going to have a huge Oscar issue, you are going to see everything in such beautiful detail.

The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.

Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece.

I like to take my time when I'm designing and constructing outfits.