Craftsman Quotes

“I had come down here, not to serve God as a craftsman should, but to show my people how great a craftsman I was. They cared not.”

“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.”

“Architects, sculptors painters, we all must return to the crafts! For art is not a 'profession.' There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman. The artist is an exalted craftsman.”

“Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it.”

“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 beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.”

“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”

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

“He who works with his hands is a laborer.He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”

“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.”