There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
[Soetsu Yanagi's] main criticism of individual craftsmen and modern artists is that they are overproud of their individualism. I think I am right in saying Yanagi's belief was that the good artist of craftsman has no personal pride because in his sou...
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the be...
I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.
What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— , as the Latin puts it—and this, in the strict sense, is a mode of operation which belongs to the Almi...
Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.
I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.
My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman.
I am not an artist. I am a craftsman.
I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman.
I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.
If you imagine yourself as a craftsman at ILM, you spend your days tumbling buses and animating shards of glass. You're doing a lot of visual effects work.
Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it.
Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.
I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.
My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself.
First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so great a work, to love its beauty, and to wonder at its vastness.
