Quotes about Craftsmanship

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Be a worthy worker and work will come. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo — Roman Payne
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. — Criss Jami, Killosophy
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young woman must poss — William Faulkner
Perhaps the single most enjoyable part of my researches, which covered a period of about four years, was meeting the art — Peter Mayle
In time, all great masterpieces turn into shameless creatures who laugh at their creators. — Erol Ozan
The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God — Martin Luther
The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers or porno or the ch — John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
The amount of meaning you get into a sentence, the dimensions and intensity of the impression you make a paragraph carry — Maxwell Perkins
[N]othing about a book is so unmistakable and so irreplaceable as the stamp of the cultured mind. I don't care what the — Dorothy L. Sayers, The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
What if the link or key to healing was through finding your unique personal creative outlet? — Michelle Dennis Evans
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imaginati — Tom Stoppard, Artist Descending a Staircase
When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job. — David Halberstam, Firehouse
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young woman must poss — William Faulkner
I'm against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I'd almo — William Golding
We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! — Bill Watterson, There's Treasure Everywhere: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
It is good to recall that three centuries ago, around the year 1660, two of the greatest monuments of modern history wer — Abdus Salam, Ideals & Realities 2/E
The reality is that old houses that were built a hundred years ago were built by actual craftsmen, people who were the b — Joanna Gaines, The Magnolia Story
The notion of carefully wrought bullshit involves, then, a certain innerstrain. Thoughtful attention to detail requires — Harry G. Frankfurt, On Bullshit
You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you — Krzysztof Kieślowski, Kieslowski on Kieslowski