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Richard Sennett quotes: We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.

We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.

Richard Sennett quotes: ISBN 978-0-300-11633-5

ISBN 978-0-300-11633-5

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

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

Richard Sennett quotes: The carpenter, lab technician, and conductor are all craftsmen because they are dedicated to good work for its own sake.

The carpenter, lab technician, and conductor are all craftsmen because they are dedicated to good work for its own sake.

Richard Sennett quotes: The single most pressing earthly obligation of every medieval artisan was the establishment of a good personal reputation.11

The single most pressing earthly obligation of every medieval artisan was the establishment of a good personal reputation.11

Richard Sennett quotes: The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone

The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone

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

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

Richard Sennett quotes: Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

Richard Sennett quotes: Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards.

Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards.

Richard Sennett quotes: Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

Richard Sennett quotes: Electronic communication is one means by which the very idea of public life has been put to an end.

Electronic communication is one means by which the very idea of public life has been put to an end.

Richard Sennett quotes: You can't understand how wine is made simply by drinking lots of it.

You can't understand how wine is made simply by drinking lots of it.