Crafts Quotes - Page 17

• I realized I was not a great musical technician, if I was going to make anything interesting it would have to come from the creative side of me and not the craft side of me.

  Jeffrey Lewis

  Interesting, Creative, Musical

  Source: therumpus.net

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• This is not a legitimate congressional exercise. This is not a fact-finding hearing. This is theater. This is a charade. This is stage craft. This is nothing more than a political hit job on a women`s right to choose. Which, by the way, is constitutionally protected.

  Hakeem Jeffries

  Jobs, Exercise, Political

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Of course, I don't mean to imply that all writers are working in the deep waters that border on the divine. Most writers are just trying to pay the bills, like anyone else - Stephanie Meyers is the literary equivalent of a television evangelist. Fork over twenty bucks and she'll help you forget your troubles for a while. I certainly don't fault her for her success, but I hope she has no illusions about the quality of her craft or the longevity of her efforts.

  Kevin Keck

  Mean, Deep Water, Effort

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I have even taught classes on writing about sex, and I've looked closely at different writers' sex scenes. On the level of craft I've given it a lot of thought. The pitfalls are simple: It can sound clinical or medical, which isn't right, or pornographic, because the characters disappear.

  K. M. Soehnlein

  Sex, Writing, Character

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The craft of putting together a performance on film or television is incredibly intricate; you're putting together a story that is completely out of order, that you have to make some sense of, that you have to keep some coherence to the story, to the character.

  Gabriel Mann

  Character, Order, Together

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• Living in the world of the workshop, which I do as a teacher, you have to be articulate about craft. And that often involves imposing analysis on work that's in a pretty raw state.

  K. M. Soehnlein

  Teacher, Analysis, World

  Source: therumpus.net

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• A knowledge of craft is not the enemy of creativity. You sit down to write and realize, today's going to be a really unconscious day and I'm going to let it all out. Or, today's going to be analytical. And some days all mixed up.

  K. M. Soehnlein

  Writing, Creativity, Enemy

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and our world, I just might have something to contribute.

  Jerry Pinkney

  Our World, Might, Enough

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• I really enjoyed working with Daniel [Craig], because he's a brilliant actor at the top of his game. That gave me an opportunity to learn from the best, which is what you're always looking for as a performer in order to grow and get better at your craft. It was also great because he was so nice and incredibly supportive, because it really was an intimidating experience for me. He sort of held my hand and said, "We're in this together and we'll get through it together." And he did look after me.

  Naomie Harris

  Nice, Opportunity, Hands

  "Naomie Harris is the new James Bond Girl in Skyfall". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when you finish the project, since you always feel like you've learned something.

  Viola Davis

  People, Actors, Like You

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.

  Viola Davis

  Sex, Believe, Thinking

  Source: aalbc.com

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• To stay balanced, I exercise by walking and taking private Pilates lessons and salsa dance lessons. I also meditate and spend quality time with my kids by baking or doing crafts, hiking, going to the theater and movies.

  Andrea Navedo

  Kids, Exercise, Hiking

  "Actor Andrea Navedo – Overcoming a tough upbringing and staying healthy and balanced". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The smell of roses, my children's bright eyes and smiles, laughing with my husband, walking on the beach, using my hands to do crafts or play guitar, brainstorming, and drinking coffee, really good coffee.

  Lisa Loeb

  Beach, Children, Husband

  "Interview with Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriter Lisa Loeb". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm not a - I'm beautiful, but I'm not working because I'm drop-dead gorgeous with a fantastic body. I think I continue to work because I'm good at my craft. I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.

  Adina Porter

  Beautiful, Thinking, Laughing

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• I don't spend that much time in the studio. When I first started doing music, I was in the studio every day just trying to build my portfolio. But now, even though I haven't totally mastered my craft, I'm at a pretty high level.

  Fetty Wap

  Trying, Levels, Firsts

  Interview with Trevor Noah, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2016.

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• The fact that I still find so much beauty in a handicraft is because my mother taught us to see not just the craft as a product but the craft as an embodiment of human creativity and human labor.

  Vandana Shiva

  Mother, Creativity, Taught Us

  Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 29, 2011.

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• Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you earn your living, and it's indelible. It's not like writing a script - I write as well - I can't do another draft, it's done.

  William Mapother

  Writing, Voice, Way

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• The place has had a super-conflicted relationship to its mission. In 1956, it opened as the Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Then in 1986 it had a midlife crisis and changed its name to the American Craft Museum. Then in 2002 the name changed again, this time to the Museum of Arts and Design. Maybe in 2025 the place will be called the Designatorium. The big problem with a museum of craft and design is that all art has craft and design.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Museums, Names

  "Museum Date". Interview with Justin Davidson, nymag.com. September 7, 2008.

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• Craft is not a category; it's a means. The folks running the museum [Museum of Arts and Design]are sharp, and they know this, but they are in a bind.

  Jerry Saltz

  Running, Art, Mean

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• You have to be ready to go through peaks and valleys along the way. Be ready to sacrifice some of the things in life that are considered normal for most people for the first while. And understand the business of the film industry, because studying the art and your craft alone isn't enough anymore.

  Kyle Cassie

  Art, Sacrifice, Things In Life

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• Collaboration is a nice change of pace from the often solitary nature of the writer's craft.

  Edward M. Lerner

  Nice, Collaboration, Pace

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• Do your homework, study the craft, believe in yourself, and out-work everyone.

  Justin Hires

  Believe, Homework, Study

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• I don't think that anything of any consequence is known a priori: all our knowledge is built up by modifying the lore passed on to us by our ancestors in light of our experiences, and the best a philosopher can do is to learn as much about what has been discovered in various empirical fields, and use it to try to craft an improved synthesis.

  Philip Kitcher

  Thinking, Light, Trying

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I just started to understand my craft, what I wanted to do as an artist. It's just a growing process. Figuring out exactly what I wanted to do and obviously I toured a whole bunch. I did a lot of song writing for other people and then just settled back into my zone.

  Young De

  Song, Writing, Artist

  Interview with Bill Rock, 411mania.com. January 25, 2015.

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• It's a group of men - Conor included - everyone is so collaborative and cooperative, kind, considerate, very professional. And they know their craft. They know it very very well. There's no room for messing around. It's not messy at all. When I go in at this level, when I get the opportunity to play and work at this level, it's at the top of the game. I think, in life, we rise to whatever the bar is. I've been fortunate to rise with them.

  Sean Mahon

  Opportunity, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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