Craftsmanship Quotes

"The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools." "Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves." "If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it." "Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing." "I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale" "I realized this was something I wanted to do and I just began working on my craft every day" "If you're a baker, you always have baked goods. If you're a blacksmith, you always have metal pieces. Be someone who always has something to give." "Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle." "The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has." "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." "Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad." "Engineers work for engineers. It's a recursive process in which the curiosity of one leads to the craftsmanship of the other, leading to an ultimate product that truly serves without compromise." "Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint." "In football as in watchmaking talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision" "True ease in writing comes from art not chance as those move easiest who have learn’d to dance" "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."