Definition of Artisan

Artisan

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.

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Artisan Quotations

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
Henry David Thoreau

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.
Remy de Gourmont

In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food.
Joseph Hume

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.
Laurent Fabius

Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.
Eugen Herrigel

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Artisan Translations

artisan in French is artisan
artisan in German is Kunsthandwerker
artisan in Latin is faber
artisan in Spanish is artesano, menestral
artisan in Swedish is hantverkare

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