Handiwork Quotes

I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.

I like working with my hands, need to do that more often.

I just like building stuff.

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

I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.

Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's what I did before I got into acting.

I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

I am a maker of useful things.

Often when I talk about what I do, making isn't just this inevitable function tacked on at the end.

I like building.

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.

Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out.

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.

I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist.

From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts.

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist.

Evil is the handiwork of the rabbis and priests.

I'm a practical person. I'm not too bad a carpenter. I can renovate houses.

When you fix something with your hands it gives you a sense of accomplishment and a sense of self worth.

For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty.

I'm one of those guys who likes to piddle around in the garage and fix stuff.

It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

Craft is not a category; it's a means. The folks running the museum [Museum of Arts and Design]are sharp, and they know this, but they are in a bind.