Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves....Phyliss George

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect....George Bernard Shaw

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected....Henry David Thoreau

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 Lippman 

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