So many men to-day, doing work that is far removed from the making of things, the many professional workers, office workers, salesmen, factory workers – whose work may seem to be making but whose sole contribution is constant repetitive action in one infinitesimal part – lack contact with that real world in which a man can exercise his creative gifts.
They barely realise that such a world exists.
Theirs is the world of hard bargaining, of nimble wits or the routine job, which leave a great part of their natural human instincts unsatisfied, even though in all probability they do not know the reason for their perennial feelings of dissatisfaction and frustration.
— The Woodworker, January 1954
Man i love these quotes! Thank you!
Cheers
David
This one really resonated with me. I was that office worker who left work everyday with a distinct lack of any sense of fulfillment. Years of that feeling kills the soul.
This quote is going on my blog somewhere. Thanks…