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It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. — W. H. Auden

There is no craftsman who has acquired full mastery — Ptahhotep

There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.? — R.A. Dickey

Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman. — Sara Genn

Good wood often warps if no craftsman uses it. — Jerry Toner

We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. — Wendell Berry

An artist is waiting for the audience to understand the work. A craftsman is working to understand the audience. — Mo Willems

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer. — Mike Mills

What if, as an act of worship, creating something meant healing and restoration took place instead of pain and frustration? — Michelle Dennis Evans

But still he keeps working with a will; that's the craftsman in him. (pg-265) — Richard Sennett

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir

I am not an artist. I am a craftsman. — Fritz Lang

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir

I'm an artist, a designer, a craftsman, interior designer, half-architect. There's no one name that fits me very well. — Dale Chihuly

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols. — John Calvin

First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard. — Beatrice Wood

Learn to respect a craftsman's talent, to realize that a task done well seems easy but is terribly difficult. — David Morrell

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers. — Man Ray

A craftsman must probe to the very bottom of cruelty. — Zbigniew Herbert

A man with battered hands is shown to be a craftsman only when he puts them to work. — Miguel Syjuco

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. — Emile Zola

I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft. — Rumi

I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman. — Shea Hembrey

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman. — Lilly Wachowski

I'll call this output-centric approach to work the craftsman mindset. My — Cal Newport

I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman. — Philip Kerr

The judges of England have rarely been original thinkers or great jurists. Many have been craftsmen rather than creators. — Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

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. — James Patterson

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted. — Orhan Pamuk

Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it. — Ogwo David Emenike

My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman. — Thomas Steinbeck

The man who uses his hands is a laborer. The man who uses his mind is a master. But the man who gives his heart to the passion is a craftsman. — Anonymous

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.) — Madeleine L'Engle

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes ... that reflect the technology around me. — Alexander McQueen

If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools. — Confucius

Irrespective of what type of work you do, the craftsman mindset is crucial for building a career you love. Before — Cal Newport

To the absolutist in every craftsman, each imperfection is a failure; to the practitioner, obsession with perfection seems a perception for failure. — Richard Sennett

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. — Peter Zumthor

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. — Ptahhotep

The craftsman and the artist say, "Here, I made this." The workingman is asked to follow instructions. — Seth Godin

There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not the putter. — Kathy Whitworth

We are almost always the craftsman of our own unhappiness. — Andre Maurois

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You're an interesting man, sergeant. You make enemies like a craftsman. — Terry Pratchett

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. — Hesiod

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist. — Roman Polanski

For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one. — William McElcheran

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor. — Jim Caviezel

Where you find quality, you will find a craftsman, not a quality-control expert. — Robert Breault

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say. — Jeffery Deaver

When you see somebody actually be able to channel that into an accessible, beautiful tool, you start to see the craftsman behind it. — David Gordon Green

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. — Hesiod

God's relation to spirits is not like that of a craftsman to his work, but also like that of a prince to his subjects. — Gottfried Leibniz

My trade is a lonely one. I'm a craftsman, if you like. It so happens that these days singers are better paid than blacksmiths. — Jacques Brel

The fact is that the creative person is a disciplined craftsman whose 'gift' is a reaching out toward his most profound personal potential. — Joseph C Zinker

In the business of portrait photography, one must combine the artist and the craftsman. — Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist. — Orhan Pamuk