Emile Galle Quotes

All I've ever wanted to do is design and make; it's what I love doing.

Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do.

It's a real testament to the amount of skill and talent involved, across the board, whether it's the production design, the construction, the costume design, the other actors, the way it's shot, the directors we had on it, or obviously John's writing. When things do go well, it sometimes seems easy, in a weird way, but it's actually down to a lot of cogs working in a big machine. But, I'm certainly happy to be going back. I'm excited to carry on.

My father, Beric, ran a joinery business and owned two factories.

Japanese people can feel some attachment in what they are making, whether it is a car or a TV or a computer.

There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art - which is art.

A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.

You can always spot clothes made in a good place.

Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.

To make a perfect t-shirt is hard - all you have is white cotton and fit. that's where experience comes in.

We have something that is unique. We have our craft. We have our art. We have our desire.

One last thing on objectives - I like to make things, create things, so that's probably been the primary objective all along, even before the ego objective - to make. To record. But why record... that gets back to the ego, a little. Oh, well. Making is good. I like to make things.

Since I was a kid, I've liked to see how things are done. Sometimes when you see how things are done, it's like watching a 'making of' within the story. You see the physical aspect, the construction of things.

Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.

I hate crap, I like craftsmanship

In love as in art, good technique helps.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.

Whatever you could do with your hands was important because it kept you in a motion of being able to produce something, and producing something kept you balanced in a way.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor

The pride of the artisan in his art and its uses is pride in himself...It is in his skill and ability to make things as he wishes them to be that he rejoices.

It is art to conceal art. -Ars est celare artem

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brain and in your hands, wherever you go.