The Doll Tender's Audition

“He who works with his hands is a laborer.

He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.

He who works with his hands, his head ... and his heart ... is an artist.”

―Saint Francis of Assisi

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“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man or the young woman must possess or teach himself, train himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try and to try until it comes right. He must train himself in ruthless intolerance. That is, to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph. The most important thing is curiosity ― to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that one does what he does. And if you have that, then I don't think talent makes much difference.”

―William Faulkner

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“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”

―Flannery O'Connor