Richard Sennett

Mastery Lives in Devotion to the Process

At first glance, Richard Sennett’s remark shifts attention away from the polished artifact and toward the labor that shaped it. He argues that true mastery cannot be measured only by what the audience sees at the end; ra...

Crafting Reality Through the Work of Hands

Richard Sennett’s quotation begins with a striking claim: manual work is never merely physical. When he says that the work of the hands is the work of the soul, he suggests that shaping material things also shapes inner...