Crafts Quotes - Page 11

• Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Song, Writing, Self

  "Writing away again in Margaritaville". Interview with Tom Corcoran, bookpage.com. June, 1998.

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• Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

  Douglas Adams

  Jobs, Knowing, Tools

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through history instantly.

  Grayson Perry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thinking

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• Nothing can be rushed. It must grow, it should grow of itself, and if the time ever comes for that work, then so much the better!

  Paul Klee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Should

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• When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• I study everything that I do to become better all the time at my craft. The beauty for me about being an artist is that the dream will never die because I'm not obsessed with material things and don't care about the money and don't care about the attention of the public but only the love of my fans. For me it's about keeping the dream alive of how much more devoted, how much more honest, how much better of an artist can I become? That's the only fear that I ever have, that the dream will die.

  Lady Gaga

  Dream, Artist, Care

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• There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith. I have been so driven to my knees to pray for His guidance, for His wisdom, for His grace and for His Strength. I'm never going to tell anybody else how to live, I'm never going to preach to anybody else and tell them you must do that. But I sure would like to see more Americans give it a try and seek the guidance that our Founding Fathers sought and were able to [then] craft documents that allowed America to become the greatest, strongest, healthiest, most prosperous nation on earth.

  Sarah Palin

  Father, America, Giving

  "SARAH PALIN: Nothing More Important Than God and Faith". "Beck" with Glenn Beck, www.foxnews.com. January 13, 2010.

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• The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No one tries to cry except bad actors. How a character hides his feelings tells us who he is. Most people don't know that, and most actors don't do that. Therefore, there are a lot of actors who put me to sleep, that are considered good actors, but they're predictable and boring. I know how the scene is going to end before it ends.

  Martin Landau

  Character, Sleep, Laughing

  "Martin Landau Talks FRANKENWEENIE, the Love for His Character, Bringing Mr. Rzykruski to Life, Advising Other Actors and Collaborating with Tim Burton". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 5, 2012.

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• If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what they are doing and know how to do something well.

  Chris Hegedus

  Love You, Passion, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I hope to never stop growing. I hope that with every role I play, I keep adding layers to my craft. I love acting and I study religiously with my coach.

  Eva Mendes

  Play, Acting, Layers

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest, too.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Inspiration, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Ryan Bartelmay, believermag.com. May 15, 2018.

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• I was 16 when we made the first song. We've been touring for half a decade together and we've had quite a bit of time spent learning our craft. You improve as a song writer and as a musician over time.

  Andy Biersack

  Song, Together, Firsts

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• I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most.

  Jack Nicholson

  Successful, Actors, Done

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• I just know that sameness, repetition, and conceptualizing are the acting craft's adversaries, and it seems more intelligent to start off within a framework where those things are, to some degree, taken out of your hands.

  Jack Nicholson

  Taken, Intelligent, Hands

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• I thought I'd go to a craft fair, and there would be a jar of jellybeans there - "Guess how many jellybeans are in this jar, and win a prize". Aw, come on, man, let just me have some. I'll tell you what, guess how many jellybeans I want! If you guessed a handful, you are right.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Winning

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• People look at technology as sometimes an end to things, and it isn't an end in certain cases. In the movie business, the act of creating in the art form of movies, the craft of movies is completely technical, and that's all it is.

  George Lucas

  Art, Technology, Creating

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative control. But I loved the craft and my father wanted me to get a college degree. Seemed natural to study what I loved and Marymount Manhattan has a wonderful theatre program, I highly recommend it! A lot of what I learned there I apply to my comicbook writing and pacing.

  Holly Golightly

  Father, Writing, College

  Source: hoopercomicart.blogspot.com

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• Be personal, and original. Try to work clean. Stay away from topical material, as it does not allow you to craft it to make it better for later. And always remember that it is the fans who will make you or break you.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Trying, Fans, Doe

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• For me, the good songs are the ones that come really naturally. There are certain songs that you rework and rewrite and the craft becomes very evident, but a lot of times those aren't my favorite songs. The favorite songs are the ones that I can't even hear my own voice in.

  Jon Foreman

  Song, Voice, My Favorite

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and daily. On a side note to readers, any service or craft you give your heart to will give you the same effect. Don't be afraid to work less and play more! We are human. We didn't come here to hold down a dayjob. We came here to live and learn!

  Jason Mraz

  Heart, Play, Giving

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• Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.

  Al Pacino

  Thinking, Healthy, Actors

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• A lot of people will say, "Oh, I got into acting because I wanted to explore my craft." They're a bunch of liars, unless they're Sean Penn, DeNiro or my dad. For the rest of us it was all about chicks and money.

  Charlie Sheen

  Dad, Liars, People

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

  Luke Bryan

  Country, Way, Life Experience

  "Luke’s Nature". Interview with Andy Walgamott, nwsportsmanmag.com. July 31, 2013.

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• If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer. Now if a joke is in bad taste or it's not funny, okay, that's awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer's job is, and I don't think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.

  Bill Watterson

  Jobs, Thinking, Artist

  Source: bob.bigw.org

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• I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

  Cornel West

  Honesty, Integrity, Priorities

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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