Craft Quotes

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging, and connect us with our history.

Phyllis George

Craft makes our homes more human.

Ilse Crawford

Craft is passionately creating something with your hands.

Sarah Chatterton

It's as hard to get from almost finished to finished as to get from beginning to almost done.

Elinor Fuch

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

Madeleine L'Engle

No one masters his craft the first day.

Roman Proverb

The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist.

Ananda Coomaraswamy

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.

Francis of Assisi

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

Emile Zola

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Johannes Brahms

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

Hippocrates

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

Steve Martin

I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.

Johannes Brahms

Craft is creating with my hands from my heart and having control over the whole process.

Helen Hallows

I think of craft as work that the designer has put a little piece of their heart and soul into.

Sarah Dukes

Craft means great products, individually and lovingly made by a creator who cares.

Judy Cramp

I think people want something a bit different and not mass produced, and they value the love and skill that goes into something a person has made.

Emily Winter

A work of utility might also be a work of art if we cared to make it so.

William Morris

Before undertaking his craft, the artisan first sharpens his tools.

Chinese Proverb

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps…so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.

Dylan Thomas

In crafting, there are no mistakes, just unique creations.

The great artist is the simplifier.

Vincent Van Gogh