> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[Glenn Adamson]] > Reference:: Adamson, Glenn. 2007. __Thinking Through Craft__. Reissue edition. Bloomsbury Visual Arts. > Date:: 2007 > Tags:: #warp/book > WeftLinks:: [[Aesthetic value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is an established art form]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Adamson argues that craft is essential to art, though it is often overlooked in the celebration of creative freedom. ### Highlights Adamson quotes Adorno from a meeting of the German Werkbund in 1965: >“Only unreasonable dilettantism and blatant idealism would attempt to deny that each authentic, and in the broadest sense, artistic activity requires a precise understanding of the materials and techniques at the artist’s disposal, and to be sure, at the most advanced level."