Lyrics is commissioned work, it is my profession. But poetry is my statement to life. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The French, not the Americans, commissioned 'Einstein on the Beach.' — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I am very lucky that my first film was fully commissioned by HBO. — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
I commissioned this artist to make these silver tomahawks by hand. Larry Sellers, who plays Cloud Dancing on the show, blessed and… — Joe Lando Copy Share Image
In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
'River of Light,' to a dense but powerful score commissioned from Charles Wuorinen and with ravishing lighting by Mark Stanley, has depth… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“We are not sent to do everything good. We are commissioned and equipped for a certain noble task” — Christian Michael Copy Share Image
At home in my room, I'm funny, but if I'm commissioned to be that, I don't feel very funny. — Zazie Beetz Copy Share Image
It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a… — Mike D Copy Share Image
I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
When it comes to writing songs, I've always got to be commissioned to do it. I won't write unless someone has got… — Clare Grogan Copy Share Image
When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was… — Eamonn Walker Copy Share Image
I think all poems are commissioned. They just come to me without somebody outside commissioning them. The idea comes and I will… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My room is dominated by the huge painting, which is a copy of 'The Violation' by the Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux. The… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Bantam Press. And they commissioned me to write it. And when that was completed, they sold it to Harper and Row. And… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
Since then, I have worked with the group that commissioned and improved the ring and that is now preparing the construction of… — Simon van der Meer Copy Share Image
I wish I'd been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It's in… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
The concept of who your audience is becomes more important than your site. Sometimes you can be commissioned to do a piece… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
“The novelist is like a scout commissioned to go and see what is happening in the depth of the soul. He comes… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from… — William Dobell Copy Share Image
Imagine if all those kings and dukes hadn't commissioned those crazy cathedrals, paintings and music... we'd still be living in sticks and… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Topshop is one of my favourite shops, and I love shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti. There's a graduate fashion designer called Kate Falcus… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
I thought I had a huge crush on a young Canadian photographer who was commissioned to go down to Australia to do… — Deborah Kara Unger Copy Share Image
Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
I was commissioned in 2003 to create an original show, and began developing 'Upwake.' 'Upwake' tells the story of Zero, a modern-day… — Natasha Tsakos Copy Share Image
On the first season of our show, I commissioned a Native American artist to make up, 'cause I'm known for the tomahawk,… — Joe Lando Copy Share Image
Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged… — Nancy Meyers Copy Share Image
Television executives only commission something that somebody else has already commissioned that's doing well on another station - they're afraid of expecting… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
We commissioned an independent statutory economic body - the Productivity Commission - to review the possibility of funding a disability scheme. The… — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't take holidays; I go on trips. My idea of relaxing is taking a trip that isn't commissioned. I'll work… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
I get approached to do a lot of commissioned art. Sometimes I do it, but I usually don't, given the day job… — Tim Fish Copy Share Image
