Crafts Quotes - Page 36

• The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice, the result is a story beholden to and inevitably eclipsed by source material.

  Bret Anthony Johnston

  Skills, Voice, Vision

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• I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Differences, People, Actresses

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies, to be recognized, I'm keeping my eye on the people, that's the prize

  Common

  Motivational, Eye, Sky

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• Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Art, Writing, Creative

  Joyce Carol Oates (2009). “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art”, p.12, Zondervan

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• In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was successful in gaining power, in keeping it, and in governing; whether, in short, he was skilful at his particular craft or a bungler.

  Frederick Scott Oliver

  Mean, Successful, Men

  Frederick Scott Oliver (1931). “The Endless Adventure: An introductory essay on politcs and politicians. From the flight of James II. to the accession of George I. (1688-1714) Stanhope and Sunderland (1714-1721) Townshend and Walpole (1721-1727)”

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• It's not hard to make a space that looks good by itself. The trick is to craft a room that's even more attractive when it's occupied. That's when it becomes magical.

  Kerry Joyce

  Space, Looks, Rooms

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• A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations.

  Tristan Jones

  Giving Up, Ocean, Soul

  Tristan Jones (1990). “One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing”, p.26, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• I don't know what the hell I'm doing up there half the time. These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what technique means. But I do know what experience is. I know in my gut when I've done a scene right.

  Elaine Stritch

  Mean, Technique, Done

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• More than anything, I wanted to make sure that everybody was a pusher of difference. And they had to be able to do it in a communicative way, not esoterically. Because there are a lot of people who push things forward but sometimes only you and two people out of 500 in the room get it, but you want somebody who has mastered their craft so well that an 8-year-old gets it just like an 80-year-old gets it. They get the same visceral feeling.

  Pharrell Williams

  Years, Two, Differences

  Source: theneptunes.org

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• For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, nearly triple that of the growth experienced in the wine and spirits industry.

  Sherwood Boehlert

  Wine, Beer, Years

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• I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors.

  Alfonso Cuaron

  Editing, Actors, Used

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• You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

  Christopher Cross

  May, Want

  "Interview With Christopher Cross Upon Release Of New Album 'Doctor Faith'". CBS-FM Interview, kearth101.cbslocal.com. June 28, 2011.

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• You know, I always say musicians, they can do it on their own. They can practice their violin on their own. A painter can paint by himself. A writer can write by himself. But an actor needs a group, and the hardest thing about expanding your ability and your craft is to have a group to do it with that is of a caliber where you can grow even more.

  Anne Archer

  Writing, Practice, Musician

  "Anne Archer and Michelle Danner Come Together For A New Play". Interview with Jamie Painter Young, www.backstage.com. October 12, 2011.

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• I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Book, Successful, Thinking

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• There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Song, Inspiration, Careers

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• Filmmaking is a real craft.

  Sean Durkin

  Real, Filmmaking

  "“Martha Marcy May Marlene” and Mister Sean Durkin". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. October 20, 2011.

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• To practice - write each and every day if possible - then try to attend professional writer's conferences where you can learn your craft, get to know fellow writers, and meet editors and agents.

  James Dashner

  Writing, Practice, Editors

  "Meet The Maze Runner Author James Dashner". Interview with Cosmogirl, www.seventeen.com. January 20, 2011.

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• We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  Artist, Ideas, Support

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• Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

  Joshua Foer

  Way, Fiction, Language

  «Utopian for Beginners» by Joshua Foer, www.newyorker.com. December 24 & 31, 2012.

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• School is such an encouraging and safe environment. It's filled with idealism and just really working on your craft. When you enter the business world - where art meets commerce - it can become quite depressing.

  Troy Garity

  Depressing, Art, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led to collaging some of the work I had done on paper, and I found myself mixing in found pieces as well.

  Matt Gonzalez

  Appreciation, Giving, Mixing

  "Catching up with {hellip} Matt Gonzalez". Interview with Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. February 27, 2009.

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• I think that we live in a time where it's easier to be suspicious of dedicated men and women, people dedicated to their craft, because the world around them inspires them to be lazy. It inspires them to be negative. It inspires them to be snarky.

  Ryan Adams

  Men, Thinking, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Writing and creating, those things come to me on their own. I feel like... you sort of summon them and it's like allowing the universe to enter your heart in an entirely different way to what it normally does. It's like inviting that energy of the universe to enter into your craft in a way where it has a meaning.

  Ryan Adams

  Writing, Heart, Creating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it as a separate craft that I would need to study first. So, right now I'm still trying to do certain things as an actor and until I get bored of that or I feel completely fed by that then I'll move into directing.

  Michael Ealy

  Moving, Bored, Trying

  "Michael Ealy Talks 'Underworld: Awakening' and Black Cinema". Interview with Nijla Mumin, www.indiewire.com. January 20, 2012.

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• To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged. I'll trust you to make sure that doesn't happen.

  Dan Rather

  Trust, Sea, Pilots

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