"Being an artist is much more like being a carpenter than like being God... What we do is a craft. I mean you can have a great inner talent and a lot of people do, but without craft it's very hard for the talent to emerge."
–– John Kander (b. 1927), American theatre composer
Source: Adam Moss. The Work of Art: How Something Comes From Nothing. New York: Penguin Press, 2024; p. 15.
via 2020 Aboveground Art Supplies Knapsack Sketchbook, 2024 p. 48.
