Artisan Craftsmanship Quotes

The paynefull smith, with force of fervent heat, The hardest yron soone doth mollify, That with his heavy sledge he can it beat, And fashion it to what he it list apply.

Yeah, you'd be surprised how many well known musicians have regular jobs. And yes, I'm a machinist. That's how I made my guitars - at a machine shop.

Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person.

After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.

My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him.

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

I do like to buy my own clothes because I like to support designers. I know the work that goes into it.

When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.

I would love to work with the artisans and take it to another dimension, the same way I did in Haiti.

I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.

There is a creative pleasure, which, for instance, the artisan in the Middle Ages, or in a country like Mexico, still today has - namely the pleasure of creating something. You find quite a few skilled workers who still have that pleasure: maybe in a steel mill; maybe a worker who works with a complicated machine - he has a sense that he is creating something.

If you don't know the Jewelry, know the Jeweller

I'm a really big advocate of ethical fashion. I actually have a travelling boutique called Maison de Mode, which is all about ethical fashion. I also like Maiyet from Paris. They're very Celine-esque in their silhouettes. I love their back story, too: they work with orphans in Colombia and India.

I love minimalistic jewellery with a contemporary touch.

It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned.

Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.

This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and saws and files and rasps and sandpapers. The perfect instrument and the music will be hereafter.