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Quotes About Handwork

I am a good sewer. My mother taught me how to sew.
~ Nick Nolte
Once, I believed that space couldhave no power over faith, just as I believed the heavens declared the glory of God'shandwork. Now I have seen that handwork, and my faith is sorely troubled.
~ Arthur C. Clarke, The Star
The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is the same.
~ Yves Saint Laurent
Once, I believed that space could have no power over faith, just as I believed the heavens declared the glory of God's handwork. Now I have seen that handwork, and my faith is sorely troubled.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
The financial benefits of prefabrication have never been as large as its advocates predicted, for although some labor costs can be reduced by machine manufacturing, on-site assembly of any building still depends to some extent on the handwork of skilled craftsmen.
~ Martin Filler
The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the idea that work is beneath human dignity, particularly any form of hand work. We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from.
~ Wendell Berry
Filmy Edgings . . . Adorn Pretty Undies with Handwork
~ Unknown