William Shakespeare - Leo Tolstoy - Lewis Mumford - Oscar Wilde - Austin O’Malley -
O miserable age! Virtue is not regarded in handicraftsmen. William Shakespeare, The First Part of the Contention II Henry VI IV ii 11, first rebel to second rebel
Art is not a handicraft; it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Leo Tolstoy
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. Lewis Mumford
Children have a natural antipathy to books – handicraft should be the basis for education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous. Oscar Wilde
Surgery is by far the worst snob among the handicrafts. Austin O’Malley