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>while the good craftsman learns to use what they have No, he goes out and gets new ones or fixes/builds them himself. That's how I always understood the sayin
by _dain_ 3y ago
>while the good craftsman learns to use what they have
No, he goes out and gets new ones or fixes/builds them himself. That's how I always understood the saying; the emphasis is on the word "blame" not the word "tool". It's about people who sit around and complain rather than taking action to fix the problem. It doesn't mean you should put up with shitty tools.
- nerpderp82 3y agoIt is of course both. You also don't try and build what your skill and your tools cannot accomplish and then blame the tools for the outcome. The other adage that goes in concert with craftspeople shouldn't be blaming their tools is that, "true artists work within the limits of the medium".
- jasonpeacock 3y agoYour interpretation appears to be unique. At quick search shows the common understanding to be about taking responsibility for your work and not blaming your tools. There's nothing about changing your tools: - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_bad_workman_always_blames_his_tools https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_bad_workman_always_blames_h... - https://poemanalysis.com/proverb/a-bad-workman-blames-his-tools/ https://poemanalysis.com/proverb/a-bad-workman-blames-his-to... - https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+poor+craftsman+blames+his+tools https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+poor+craftsman+blames... - https://usdictionary.com/idioms/a-bad-workman-blames-his-tools/ https://usdictionary.com/idioms/a-bad-workman-blames-his-too... - https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/a-bad-workman-blames-his-tools https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/a-bad-workman-...
- jimnotgym 3y agoCounter evidence... His interpretation is similar to mine, higher up this thread. It is therefore far from unique. I think it is also not at all unique for scholars to hear a saying and assume a meaning from it, and because they wrote it down on wiktionary it becomes the 'official version'. Whereas my version came from working with other tradesmen for a decade...non of whom were scholars, but were the owners of the culture.
- johnnyanmac 3y agosome get better tools, some become experts at MS Paint and make you wonder how they do it. and everything in-between. I always interpreted it as "a good craftman understands fundamentals". Photoshop can't save a bad artist. but a good artist can work without PS, even if it costs efficiency. can doesn't mean they will, though.