Art is not to do with the practical side of making a…

“Kung Fu, like any art, is a practical affair, not just a question of gathering knowledge. In other words, one becomes proficient through hard,…

— Wong Kiew Kit

Graphic design is a popular art and a practical art, an applied art and an ancient art. Simply put, it is the art of…

— Jessica Helfand

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk…

— John Guare

We've given up making a living, its all this crazy love poetry now!

— Rumi

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding…

— Adam Baldwin

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got.…

— Seth Godin

I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.

— Sonny Rollins

“There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”.…

— Adrian Tan

Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air…

— Haruki Murakami

Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of…

— Karl Lagerfeld

I always felt that making a living wasn't the easiest thing in the world, and I decided I was going straight ahead and try…

— Doris Day

“No difference making a living with what’s between your ears and making one with what’s between your legs.”

— Dennis Vickers

Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.

— Tom Petty

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage…

— Maya Angelou

It isn't called TV money for nothing. There was a time where I paid my rent by doing theater for years, and I was…

— Jim Parsons