Quotes about Craftsmanship

Then, again, there are three things which every artificer must possess if he is to effect anything,—nature, education, practice. Nature is to be judged by capacity, education by knowledge, practice by its fruit.

We are born makers. We move what we're learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short." [ Letter to Harrison Blake ; November 16, 1857]

I too had woven a kind of basket of a delicate texture, but I had not made it worth anyone's while to buy them. Yet not the less, in my case, did I think it worth my while to weave them, and instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my baskets, I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

In proportion as labor is divided, arts are perfected.

The only sensible person is my tailor. He measures me anew each time he sees me.

A man who works with his hands is a labourer. A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. A man who works with his haands, his head, and his heart is an artist.

I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature.

For the love of his art

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

My workmanship and quality are my strengths.