For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one.William McElcheranArtistryCraftsmanship Share this
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.Jean de la BruyereCraftsmanshipCreativitySkill Share this
Writing a novel is like building a wall brick by brick; only amateurs believe in inspiration.Frank YerbyCraftsmanshipInspirationPerseverance Share this
I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.Logan LermanCollaborationCraftsmanshipRespect Share this
A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.W. Somerset MaughamCraftsmanshipNatural Share this
Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.Geoffrey ChaucerCraftsmanshipEfficiencyTime Share this
It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.George Edmund StreetAestheticsCraftsmanship Share this
The Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantismWalter GropiusCraftsmanshipImitation Share this
The first thing you’ve got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.Harry ShearerCraftsmanshipInnovationMastery Share this
One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.George SingletonCraftsmanshipNostalgia Share this
A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.Geraldine BrooksCraftsmanshipCreativitySignificance Share this
Most of the time, it’s not the concept, but the execution of craft that counts.James FreyCraftsmanshipExecution Share this
Made by Hand is impossible to set down once you start reading it.James GurneyCraftsmanshipCreativityInspiration Share this
If you restore a car, and you’re making money, then you’re doing it wrong.Jay LenoCraftsmanshipIntegrityPassion Share this
The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft.Aishwarya Rai BachchanCraftsmanshipEnrichmentExperience Share this
Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.Sydney PollackCraftsmanshipCreativityRevision Share this
If you just work on your craft hard, that’s your only hope of doing anything worthwhile.David O. RussellCraftsmanshipHard Work Share this
Great stories don’t often make great movies. Its’ a crafted art form.Kevin CostnerCraftsmanshipFilmStorytelling Share this
Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.LaoziCraftsmanshipSimplicityTradition Share this
Hollywood is something imagined …acting is something crafted.Laura VandervoortActingCraftsmanshipImagination Share this
I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.Lavrenti LopesAdmirationCraftsmanshipDedication Share this
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.Lee ChildCraftsmanshipIndustryPride Share this
No machine can wind a better sounding or tighter wind than a well trained person.Leo FenderCraftsmanshipSkillSuperiority Share this
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.John RuskinCraftsmanshipCreativityEmotion Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity