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Crafts Quotes - Page 9

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living.

Samuel Beckett, Ruby Cohn (1983). “Disjecta: miscellaneous writings and a dramatic fragment”, Calder Publications Limited

Your life is a work of art, a craft to be carefully mastered. For patience has replaced time, and you are your own destination.

Rick Jarow (1995). “Creating the Work You Love: Courage, Commitment, and Career”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.

"Actress Pam Grier". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 13, 2010.

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft.

"Ten rules for writing fiction" by P. D. James, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

Madeleine L'Engle (2012). “A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition”, p.63, Macmillan

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.

"A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!”, Pocket