George Saunders Quotes
I actually believe that a lot of what people call originality has to do with persistence in the craft.
Quotes to Explore
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.
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Craft is part of the creative process.
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There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection.
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I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.
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The big talent is persistence.
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Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to craft.
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Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.
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First and foremost, let us remember that change has never been quick. Change has never been simple, or without controversy. Change depends on persistence. Change requires determination.
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It takes a little more persistence to get up and go the distanceI'm not giving inI'm not missing outI'm not giving up on implausible dreams - The Enemy Within (Part I of 'Fear') (1984)
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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
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Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.
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Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
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Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.
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The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.
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I didn't craft the authorization. I am responding to a lawful order.
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Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.
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When you watch a tea ceremony, every single movement, every single gesture is very calculated. It's very precise, and it's all protocol. It's all a part of the system. And it's almost like they've sacrificed every single thing to make that perfect. It's like their craft.
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There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.
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So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.
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I actually believe that a lot of what people call originality has to do with persistence in the craft.
