Brian Selznick Quotes

You own a watch the invention of the mind, though for a single motion 'tis designed, as well as that which is with greater thought with various springs, for various motions wrought.

Craft is everything.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.

Art is all in the details.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

A movie, it's like a very complicated timepiece. There's a lot of wheels in a watch. And some of those wheels, if they don't turn right, then, you know, the watch ain't gonna tell the time.

When something is well-crafted, you know it, and the enjoyment comes from experiencing it.

It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make the time to do so too; I'll wind thee up no more.

Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different.

For me a watch is a really beautiful instrument. I don't so much care what time it is but I do love watches, and I love how they're constructed.

Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with quality.

I always know what time it is.

Whatever I do, whether it's cooking shows, books or events, the details count and that's what sets me apart from other food TV personalities. If you take out the details what's left?

Music is art, and making watches is art, too.

All we have is our talent. That's what's great about the division, you can see things that 125-pound guys can do that some other guys can't. All we have is our skill.

A journalist uses the most precise words he or she can. An artist does the same sort of thing. You gather material about a particular subject, you refine it as best you can.

Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.

I'm a watch guy - to me, they symbolize hard work and determination.

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

It always seemed to me they're sort of alike ... magic and music. Spells and tunes. For one thing, you have to get them just exactly right.

A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame, And never going aright, being a watch, But being watched that it may still go right!

Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it could not be done better. In painting that never occurs.

I hate crap, I like craftsmanship

Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.