Workmanship Quotes

You don't have to preach honesty to men with creative purpose. Let a human being throw the energies of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will take care of his honesty. - Walter Lippmann

When I'm working I have to move, I have to be quick. I can't pose in a suit. You know I have to work in a suit, therefore we have these fabrics or this new kind of workmanship into suits which is almost leisure wear. I can wear a T-shirt instead of a shirt with a tie to look modern and also acceptable. - Wolfgang Joop

We can debate about whether the workmanship was good or not -- and probably it wasn't very good. - Ray Nagin

Unfortunately the spirit of the event, as it was originally conceived and as it has been presented to the appropriate civic groups and government officials since November 2004, seems to have been lost in the haste to stereotype all graffiti-style artists as 'vandals' and to brand this event as a 'promotion of crime,' ... At its core, this is an event designed to celebrate an art form born from the streets of New York over two decades ago as a means of creative self-expression, allowing the public a unique chance to experience the workmanship and skill that go into creating a piece of art fine enough to hang on the walls of any traditional gallery or museum. Upon completion, a 48-foot mural will be donated to The Point, a Bronx-based nonprofit youth development organization, while the remaining nine will be placed throughout the city for public display. - Marc Ecko

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. - Bible

This happened because of the poor workmanship when they built our houses - the rainwater pours in through the walls. - Peter Abrahams

There is a dark invisible workmanship - that reconciles discordant elements - and makes them move in one society. - William Wordsworth

There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view. - Lafcadio Hearn

The workmanship that had to go into that piece of cheese was outstanding. - Mark Johnson