# Quote — William Coperthwaite, A Handmade Life

> Initially what is important is to be able to successfully make a useful object over which the maker can exclaim, with pleasure and amazement, 'I made this myself!

- Author: [William Coperthwaite](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-coperthwaite.md)
- Book: [A Handmade Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-coperthwaite/a-handmade-life.md)
- Page: 99
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Coperthwaite#A_Handmade_Life:_In_Search_of_Simplicity) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-coperthwaite/a-handmade-life/initially-what-is-important

## More from this book

> Many things that if you’re attractive it for us become ugly to us when we gain deeper knowledge: a building that took an oppressed class to build, a tool that will not hold an edge, clothes that shrink or fade on Washington. Are these beautiful? That way we answer this question is momentous impact for our concept of society.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-coperthwaite/a-handmade-life/many-things-that.md)

> ...when we have more minds concerned, any challenge shrinks proportionally. The solution to our greatest problems may simply be involvement.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-coperthwaite/a-handmade-life/when-we-have.md)

> When as a society we fail to help all people have confidence in their ability to create, we are doubly wasteful. First, we lose from society’s reservoir the creative potential of so many, and second we see those who are left out lose well-being and emotional security.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-coperthwaite/a-handmade-life/when-as-a-society.md)