Woodworking Quotes
Woodworking Quotes
Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.
The things I make may be for others, but how I make them is for me.
Why should a craftsman not make use of all his tools if they will promote a greater communication and expressiveness? This is not to deny that beautiful things can be fashioned out of very modest means, but what possible objection can there be towards an artist trying to be more resourceful?
I will not give away my hard-earned skills to a machine. It's a bit like robbery with violence, for (machines are) not only intended to diminish my bank balance, but also to steal my power.
Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsmen can hide his mistakes!
Men have become the tools of their tools.
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.
He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
Arguments with furniture are rarely productive.
We need objects to remind us of the commitments we've made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we're in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.
In the next century, when art will be packaged as virtual reality software, realistic paintings will sell the way Shaker furniture does now. Shaker furniture will sell the way Van Gogh paintings do. And teddy bears owned by Elvis will come to auction only occasionally.
Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?
There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed-the four-poster-I'll be needing that to die in.
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.
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Woodworking Quotes Plain Text Version
Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.
Thomas Carlyle
The things I make may be for others, but how I make them is for me.
Tony Konovaloff
Why should a craftsman not make use of all his tools if they will promote a greater communication and expressiveness? This is not to deny that beautiful things can be fashioned out of very modest means, but what possible objection can there be towards an artist trying to be more resourceful?
Don Ellis
I will not give away my hard-earned skills to a machine. It’s a bit like robbery with violence, for (machines are) not only intended to diminish my bank balance, but also to steal my power.
John Brown
Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.
Charles Kingsley
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
Agnes Repplier
Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsmen can hide his mistakes!
Walter Blodget
Men have become the tools of their tools.
Henry David Thoreau
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
Emily Dickinson
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
Brigham Young
The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.
Dave Barry
He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
Abraham Maslow
Arguments with furniture are rarely productive.
Kehlog Albran
We need objects to remind us of the commitments we’ve made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we’re in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.
Alain de Botto
In the next century, when art will be packaged as virtual reality software, realistic paintings will sell the way Shaker furniture does now. Shaker furniture will sell the way Van Gogh paintings do. And teddy bears owned by Elvis will come to auction only occasionally.
Brad Holland
Haven’t you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?
Nicholson Baker
There’s a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I’ll not be parting with that, nor our bed-the four-poster-I’ll be needing that to die in.
Helen Hayes
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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