clockmaker

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Meaning

someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches

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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. Voltaire

I see a pattern, but my imagination cannot picture the maker of that pattern. I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how can it conceive of a God, before whom a thousand years and a thousand dimensions are as one? Albert Einstein

I also think that everyone has an elitist approach to his own art, a complex knowledge of it, whether he is a clockmaker or an engineer. And I think it's perfectly legitimate to make use of this knowledge because it enriches the overall texture of life. Peter Greenaway

I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how can it conceive of a God, before whom a thousand years and a thousand dimensions are as one? Albert Einstein

What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker. Brian Selznick

Before the story of Benjamin's life begins, the dying Daisy first tells her daughter a story about a clockmaker called Monsieur Gateau (Elias Koteas), who was commissioned to build a clock for a new train station. Source: Internet

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