In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.
Arthur Erickson

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.
Dirk Benedict

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
Edouard Manet

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.
Michael Apted

It taught me something. It taught you your craft.
Billy Eckstine

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.
Honore de Balzac

It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine.
Nia Long

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
Harry Reasoner

Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
Jimmy Smits

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
Jean de la Bruyere

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.
Katherine Anne Porter

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect.
James Lafferty

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.
Bobby McFerrin

Once the anchor of reason has been cut, one's craft may go anywhere. One may become a St Francis or equally a Hitler.
Brand Blanshard

Prime Minister, I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely, the ability to say one thing in this chamber and a very different thing to your home electorate.
Daniel Hannan

So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
John Lone

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
Sean Lennon

Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
Abdus Salam

Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.
Max von Sydow