981 private quotes tagged work

“The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.” — Novalis

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“A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.” — Eugene Ionesco

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“We're going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I'm going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it's worth a fortune. I'll make this a work of magic warlock art.” — Charlie Sheen

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“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.” — Paul Hawken

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“All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.” — John Ruskin

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“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.” — Salvador Dali

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“A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.” — Steve Prefontaine

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“Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.” — Denis Waitley

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“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cezanne

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“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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“Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.” — Theodor Adorno

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“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.” — E. M. Forster

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“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.” — Richard Roeper

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“Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.” — Andre Maurois

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“Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.” — Jean Cocteau

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“The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well.” — Charles de Lint

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“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” — Henry James

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“For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.” — Dolly Parton

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“A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.” — Vladimir Nabokov

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“I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.” — Steven Spielberg

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“And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.” — Beatrice Wood

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“I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.” — Maria Callas

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“I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.” — Nick Cave

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“I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.” — Michael Jordan

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