“Everywhere there is craft and technique; everywhere there is artistry and form. Art itself, technique, is ponderous and clumsy, and because of its awkwardness it obstructs that inner element.” ArtFormElementsTechniqueCraftsArtistryClumsyAwkwardness Author:Kazimir Malevich
“But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements of your craft, in the act of writing you will learn the rest of what you need to know in order to do justice to your subject.” IfsKnowsNeedsWritingOrderPassionJusticeDoubtSubjectsElementsProjectsGenuineCrafts Book:Writing a Book That Makes a Difference Source: Writing a Book That Makes a Difference
“I encourage my students to be honest in their assessment of both the published work we read and the work of their classmates. I think there's always the occasion for discussing elements of craft, whether the student's poem is terrible or quite wonderful.” ThinkingWonderfulHonestStudentsTerribleElementsCraftsOccasionsBeing HonestDiscussingAssessmentClassmates Author:Cate Marvin
“The work element comes into it as well - how much you train and how much work you put into your craft, in the same way a carpenter would perhaps work under a great teacher, etc.” WayWellsTeacherElementsTrainCraftsEtcGreat TeacherCarpenter Author:Paul Rankin
“The dismal half-baked images of the average "reportage" and "documentary" photography are self dammning... the slick manner, the slightly obscure significance, the esoteric fear of simple beauty for its own sake - I am deeply concerned with these manifestations of decay. Gene Smith's work validates my most vigorous convictions that if the documentary photographs is to be truly effective it must contain elements of art, intensity, fine craft and spirituality. All these his work contains and we may turn to his work with gratitude, appreciation and great respect.” IfsMayArtSelfTurnsSpiritualitySimpleHalfFineGratitudeElementsPhotographyConcernedPhotographSakeAverageConvictionAppreciationCraftsManifestationSignificanceIntensityGenesDecayObscureDocumentariesVigorousEsotericGreat RespectSlickSimple BeautyDocumentary Photography Author:Ansel Adams
“Though I consider The Chronology of Water to be an anti-memoir for very precise reasons, it is an art form, and thus as open to "critique" as any other art form. Memoir has a form, formal strategies, issues of composition and craft, style, structure, all the elements of fiction or nonfiction or painting or music or what have you.” ArtReasonFormWaterFictionIssuesStylePaintingElementsStrategyStructureMemoirCraftsNonfictionCompositionFormalPreciseCritiqueChronology Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I'm a compulsive enjamber. I'm drawn to half-meanings created by the line, so that's definitely an element of craft that's always on my mind. And I'm a big devotee of the short line, of couplets and tercets, and of irregular stanzas with lots of white space. I've got to give the dense language room to breathe!” GivingMindBigsLanguageLinesSpaceWhiteRoomsHalfElementsBreatheCraftsDenseDevoteeWhite SpaceCoupletsAlways On My Mind Author:Anna Journey