John Knoll Quotes

[Drawing] and making things was all we ever did. My brother and I built the entire New York World's Fair of 1939 in miniature out of wax. The floor of our room was covered with little waxen buildings. Nobody else could come in.

I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about.

From time to time, I've experimented with sculpture or metal design. It's a good break from just sitting behind the keyboard.

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold.

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.

My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I like to build things. I like to do things.

Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's much better than acting is that it's just me. There's no director, no script - the concept is me, unless a client wants something.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

I'm not a sculptor; I'm a hard-edged model maker. You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from 'Star Wars' - especially parts from 'Star Wars' - I can do this stuff all day long. It's exactly how I made my living for 15 years.

I enjoy building more than managing.

Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but admire the liar.

I love creating things. I love making things.

Clay can be dirt in the wrong hands, but clay can be art in the right hands.

I used to draw and design my own furniture in college but never had the means to build them.

There's a great deal of poetry in working out how things work, cutting bits of metal, trying to mend stuff.

I've always loved creating things with my hands.

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

I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing is really good for that.

I enjoy making and creating things.

What matters in art is not thinking but making.