Crafts Quotes - Page 37

• 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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• What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it.

  Michael Chabon

  Divorce, Trying, Raw Materials

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• My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.

  Peter Facinelli

  School, Nyu, Advice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera - who really have a lot to offer because they know what they're doing, they know what to do, they've made their mistakes.

  Jeffrey Jones

  Mistake, People, Cameras

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• Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to craft.

  Rachel Kushner

  Writing, Years, Firsts

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• That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didn't realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera.

  Kent McCord

  Years, Acting, Firsts

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• People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack?

  Randy Johnson

  Eye, Successful, Long

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• I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree to polish up the craft. I've been pretty lucky in that I seem to have found people online who are willing to constructively tear it apart for me, and indicate its weaknesses.

  David Knopfler

  People, Tears, Weakness

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• God loves and delights to cross worldly proverbs and worldly craft.

  Joseph Caryl

  God, Delight, Crosses

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• At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.

  Adepero Oduye

  Beautiful, Character, Play

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• There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.

  Zac Posen

  New York, Technique, Reason

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• For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Artist, Acting, Want

  "Ribisi Rising" by Sandra Schulman, dishmag.com.

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• The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plot and dialogue and pacing and word choice and point of view. Then there's also the art of it which is sort of the unknown, the inspiration, the stuff that is noncerebral.

  Garth Stein

  Art, Book, Inspiration

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• In my time in the U.S. Senate, I tried to craft an energy policy... I will be part of President Obama's efforts to achieve energy independence and enhance the landscape. I am also part of his reform agenda.

  Ken Salazar

  Effort, Independence, President

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• When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.

  Laini Taylor

  Writing, Pieces, Young

  "Free-writing, travels led Laini Taylor to `Daughter of Smoke and Bone'". Interview with Maya Lubarsky, articles.sun-sentinel.com. November 21, 2012.

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• The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

  Ryan Tedder

  Classic, Relevant, Songwriting

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• Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

  Susan Wiggs

  Writing, Practice, Attention

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• As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

  Billy West

  Long, I Can

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We must elevate the craft, protect its interests, advance wages, reduce the hours of labor, spread correct economic doctrines and cultivate a spirit of fraternity among the working people regardless of creed, color, nationality or politics. These principles are the foundation principles of our organization.

  Peter J. McGuire

  Work, Color, Organization

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• When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages.

  Criss Jami

  Writing, Creativity, Average

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.37, Criss Jami

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• If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.

  Eva Zeisel

  Order, Support, Pottery

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